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Guidebook for Evaluating Mining Project EIAs
Legal and Scientific Resources for Sub-Saharan Africa
Cases
Botswana -- Mosetlhanyane v. Attorney General, Civil Appeal No. CACLB-074-10 (2011.01.27) (Court of Appeal) (access to water on ancestral lands)
Ghana -- Center for Public Interest Law and another v. Tema Oil Refinery, Suit No. E12/91/07 (2007.06.09) (The High Court of Justice) (Statement of Claim)
Ghana -- Center for Public Interest Law and another v. Tema Oil Refinery, Suit No. E12/91/07 (2007.09.20) (The High Court of Justice held at Tema) (Ruling)
Kenya -- Peter K. Waweru v. Republic, Misc. Civ. Appli. 118 of 2004 (2006.03.02) (The High Court of Kenya at Nairobi) (Judgment)
Nigeria -- Agbara et al. v. Shell Petroleum et al., Suit No. FHC/ASB/CS/231/2001, (2010.06.14) (The Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Asaba Judicial Division) (Judgment)
Nigeria -- Morka and The Social and Economic Action Rights Centre v. Nigeria (African Commission on Human and People`s Rights, October, 2001)
South Africa -- Dawood and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others, CCT35/99 (2000.06.07) (Constitutional Court of South Africa) (Judgment) (Constitutionality of legislation)
South Africa -- Earthlife Africa v. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Case No. 7653/03 (2005.01.26) (High Court of South Africa, Cape of Good Hope provincial division) (Judgment)
South Africa – Tergniet and Toekoms Action Group v. Outeniqua Kreosootpale Ltd., et al., Case no. 10083/2008 (2009.01.23) (High Court of South Africa, Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division) (Judgment)
Tanzania -- Attorney General v. Aknonaay and Lohay, Civil Appeal No. 31 of 1994 (1994.12.21) (Court of Appeal of Tanzania) (Judgment)
Tanzania -- Rev. Christopher Mtikila v. the Attorney General, Civil Case No. 5 of 1993 (High Court of Tanzania) (Ruling)
Uganda -- Nyakana v. NEMA and others, Constitutional Petition 03/05 (2009.11.09) (Constitutional Court of Uganda at Kampala) (Judgment)
Uganda -- Scheer Property Limited v. National Environment Management Authority (2009.05.26) (High Court of Uganda at Kampala) (Ruling) (Land use case)
EIAs
Ghana -- Jubilee Field Development Tullow Ghana (August 2009)
Liberia -- ArcelorMittal Buchanan - Yekepa Railway and Service Roads Rehabilitation (March 2008
Liberia -- Exploratory Drilling at Gangra and Yuelliton Mountains, Western Area Iron Ore Deposits Nimba County (August 2008)
Liberia -- Iron Ore Mining Tokadeh, Gangra, and Yueliton Mountains; Transportation of Ore for Export via Buchanan Port (June 2008)
South Africa -- Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Proposed Establishment of a Waste Blending Platform in Roodepoort, Gauteng Province
South Africa -- Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Proposed Implementation of an Alternative Fuels and Resources (AFR) Programme For Kiln 3 at the Holcim South Africa Dudfield Plant, North West Province
General Publications
Breaking the Curse: How Transparent Taxation & Fair Taxes Can Turn Africa's Mineral Wealth Into Development
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACT OF MINING ON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI IN OBUASI
FAO -- Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific (1999) (604 kB)
FAO -- Regional Code of practice for reduced impact forest harvesting - in tropical moist forests of West and Central Africa (2003) (721 kB)
First Presentation of Lovesta Brehun at the 2011 PIELC (9.3 MB)
Liberia -- Alluvial Mining in Liberia: The Case of Poor Regulations, Lack of Investment, Disorganization, Ignorance, Abused Labor and Resources (January 2009)
Liberia -- Code of Forest Harvesting Practices (2007)
Liberia -- Forestry Development Authority (2007) National Forest Management Strategy
Liberia -- Forestry Development Authority (June 2007) Guidelines for Forest Management Planning
Liberia -- Report by the Special Presidential Committee to investigate an alleged Carbon Credit Concession Agreement Between the Liberian Government and Carbon Harvesting Corporation of the United Kingdom
Liberia -- What Every Pitsawyer Should Know: The Complete Handbook on Pitsawing in Liberia (February 2010)
Second Presentation of Lovesta Brehun at the 2011 PIELC (155 Kb)
South Africa -- Legal Resource Centre submission to the Department of Agriculture regarding proposed restrictions on chlorpyrifos (September 2009)
Zimbabwe -- Extractive Industries Legal and Policy Handbook: Analysis of the Key Issues in Zimbabwe's Mining Sector (2011)
Laws
Cameroon -- La Constitution du Cameroun (Francais)
Ghana -- Environmental Assessment Regulations, 1999
Ghana -- Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994
Ghana -- Timber Resource Management Act, 1998
Kenya -- The Constitution of Kenya (2010)
Kenya -- The Judicial Service Act, 2011 (Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 17 (Acts No. 1))
Liberia -- Environment Protection Agency Act (275 kb)
Liberia -- Environmental Protection and Management Law (500 kb)
South Africa - National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (1.9 MB)
South Africa - SANS 10118:2009 Edition 3 - South African National Standard: The aerial application of pesticides
South Africa -- Listed Activities and Associated Minimum Emission Standards Identified in Terms of Section 21 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (1 April 2010)
South Africa -- Listed Activities and Associated Minimum Emission Standards Identified in Terms of Section 21 of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (proposed standards)
South Africa -- National Environment Management: Air Quality Act, 2004
South Africa -- Official Notice prohibiting the use of Chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient in household, home garden and domestic products (2010.05.14)
South Africa -- Regulations on use of Water for Mining and Related Activities Aimed at the Protection of Water Resources (1999)
Other Resources
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Empowering emerging environmental leaders to promote sustainable mining, forestry and climate change practices and policies in Ghana
Legal Research: ELAW's Court Websites Database
Liberia – Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Firestone-Liberia Rubber Company (March 2008)
Presentation of Francis Colee at the 2010 PIELC (6.02 MB)
Presentation of Kwesi Instiful at the 2010 PIELC (1.42 MB)
South Africa - Comments on Proposed Amendments to South African National Standard 10118, The Aerial Applications of Pesticides
South Africa - Submission concerning the Bilateral Investment Treaty Policy Framework Review Government Position Paper
South Africa -- Initial Policy Framework (annotated Policy Table of Contents) and Discussion Document
South Africa -- National Climate Change Response Policy (2004)(unfccc document)
Uganda -- Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed, Early Production System, Kaiso-Tonya Area, Block 2, Lake Albert, Uganda
Uganda -- Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed, Early Production System, Kaiso-Tonya Area, Block 2, Lake Albert, Uganda (Annexes)
Related Links
African Development Bank
http://www.idrc.ca/ccaa/
http://www.fao.org/docrep/W3646E/w3646e0c.htm
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