Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
The Best Practice Environmental Management (BPEM) in Mining program is a world-
renowned partnership between the mining industry, interested stakeholders and the
Australian Government. It aims to help all sectors of the minerals industry - miner-
als, coal, oil and gas - to protect the environment and to reduce the impact of minerals
production. Since the program began in 1994, the Australian Government has worked with
industry partners to produce 24 booklets on a range of topics, from community consulta-
tion to water management and cleaner production. The booklets present concise, practical
information on how to achieve environmental management best practice in the minerals
industry anywhere in the world. ( www.ea.gov.au/industry/sustainable/mining/bpem.html )
The Colourado School of Mines , USA, website includes information on acid producing
potential of mine overburden and acid mine drainage (AMD) chemistry and treatment.
( www.mines.edu )
The Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Treaty) - one of the major accom-
plishments of the 1992 Earth Summit - has major implications for the mining industry. Its
core concept is that nations are 'responsible for conserving their biological diversity and for
using their biological resources in a sustainable manner'. ( www.cbd.int )
The 1961 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora (CITES), in force since 1975, is one of the earlier international environmental agree-
ments. Under this trade agreement, each country is supposed to establish its own system to
control movement of wild life exports and imports. Species are separated into three classes
according to the degree to which they are endangered. ( www.cites.org )
COAL21 , initiated by the Australian Coal Industry, is a program aimed at fully realiz-
ing the potential of advanced technologies to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions
associated with the use of coal. The program also explores coal's role as a primary source of
hydrogen to power the hydrogen-based economy of the future. ( www.coal21.com.au )
Coal Institute Advisory Board (CIAB) is a group of high level executives from coal-related
industrial enterprises, established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in July 1979
to provide advice to the IEA on a wide range of issues relating to coal. ( www.iea.org )
Cobalt Development Institute is an international organization of a wholly non-proi t
making character. It is an association of producers, users and traders of cobalt with the
objectives of promoting the responsible use of cobalt in all forms; consulting organizations,
agencies and governments for research or investigations on all matters concerning cobalt;
providing members with topical information on all cobalt matters including health &
safety and environmental legislation plus regulatory affairs possibly affecting their inter-
ests; promoting co-operation between members; and providing a forum for the exchange
of information concerning the resources, production and uses of cobalt. ( www.thecdi.com )
Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) researches the
logistic, technical, i nancial and environmental issues of storing industrial carbon dioxide
emissions in deep geological formations. The CRC also researches the capture and separa-
tion of carbon dioxide from industrial systems. ( www.co2crc.com.au )
Cooperative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD) brings
together the majority of Australia's coal research skill base as well as experts in sustain-
ability. The vision of CCSD is to optimize the contribution of coal to a sustainable future,
and its research is underpinned by a focus on the three dimensions of sustainability - eco-
nomic, social and environmental. ( www.ccsd.biz )
 
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