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in the field, because that is where alluvial mining takes place. The rules should be equitable, but the provisions of assistance should be made available to all miners on an equal footing. Finally, control should not focus only on collecting fiscal revenues. Assistance schemes to help develop sustainable mining practices and reduce negative environmental impacts should receive equal priority. Regulations (Efficiency) Assistance Control (Equity) (Sustainability) The stakes of the government must be also clearly defined and brought into focus. A government that sees limited benefits from the SSM sector will not be motivated to set up support schemes. Insufficient revenues will prevent the government from contributing to assistance schemes. In order to protect its interests, the government would do well to develop equitable and enforceable rules, set up a workable institutional infrastructure and provide support to miners. Licensing of alluvial miners is basic in this respect. However, there has to be sufficient institutional capacity to intervene. There have to be incentives; technical and organizational support that enables miners to comply with the new laws and regulations and that ensure substantial fiscal revenues from the sub-sector. Finally, the diagram on the next page outlines the expanded three-tier relationship between the regulatory, control and assistance parameters. The basic approach outlined by Noetstaller is excellent. However, in the case of Suriname there is a critical need to develop new legislation and flexible regulations, in addition to the development and institutionalization of assistance and control schemes in the sub-sector. 7.4 The purpose and challenges of zoning Analysis starts with classification. We need a way to partition up the gold mining regions of the interior into manageable regions and zones, first for the purpose of gathering information. As data from the field is gathered and analyzed, the process of zoning and the organization of the mining regions and zones can get underway. Zoning is a critical condition for realizing the main objectives identified by this report: 1) interactive policy 98
development leading to a practical and feasible regulatory regime, 2) the development of assistance schemes, and 3) the development of mechanisms of control. New Legislation with Dynamic Regulations Interactive Policy Development - The miner‟s law - Private sector Participation - Community Participation Basic Policy Options Interventions to Eliminate Undesirable Practices Licensing of Informal Mining - Incentives - Fair Prices - Organization Create Enabling Environment Assistance to Reduce Operational Constraints Support Programs For SSM - Technical Ass. - Training - Finance We used the ideas of de Soto to explain why the new rules should incorporate constructive elements of the „miner‟s law.‟ These are the customs and practices of the miners working in the interior of Suriname. To be sure, there will be a number of basic principles on the basis of which new legislation can be developed. However, differences in the various mining regions or zones should also be accommodated in the new legislation. Here is where zoning becomes important. In Chapter IV we saw that there are different types of mining zones in which different customs and practices exist. By studying and classifying these different mining regions and zones the government will be in a better position to accommodate the different practices in the new regulatory scheme. In Chapter V the issue of legal control over mining areas was discussed in more detail. It suffices to point out here that beyond strictly legal provisions of the Constitution and the mining code, historically various forms of control have been exercised over mining areas, some customary and some extra-legal. These forms of control are waning in some areas, in other areas they still stand firm or they are becoming stronger. In order to incorporate constructive elements from these different systems, we need good information from the field. Reliable data is critical in establishing a classification and zoning system that will facilitate the development of functional codes, assistance and control schemes. 99
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACT Amazone C
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PREFACE The Suriname gold sector ha
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The World Wildlif
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The consultants ap
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 ou
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Zoning of mining areas. The third i
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known. The risk of water- and air-b
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1.5 Root causes Why is it so diffic
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NW-SE greenstone belt between the G
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of inappropriate equipment soon tra
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