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2) Immediate action –radio-broadcasted information campaign for mining areas and villages surrounding the mines, based on the findings of the earlier WWFstudy on environmental perceptions among Maroon miners and villagers affected by mining activity in the interior. Radio programs in the various local languages should focus on health and safety in the mines, best practices, mercury contamination, miners‟ associations, the new draft mining law, and other topics discussed in this report. 3) Short-term: The organization of miners on a regional and perhaps even a zone basis, that is, bring together, under an organizational umbrella, concession holder, equipment owners and individual miners who wish to join. It is suggested that a project be developed to survey the mining regions and zones and to consult concession and equipment owners as well as miners about setting up such an organization. The existing GMD/WWF study on this topic and the proposed joint IADB/ WWG-Guianas “Establishment Suriname Gold Mining Association” can be used as a starting point.. The focus should be on assistance, to serve the well-being and the interest of the members. 4) Efforts to reform the sub-sector and introduce controls will be much easier and effective with such an organization in place. The organization will provide the government with a counterpart for the purpose of developing and structuring assistance and regulatory schemes. The organization of miners will provide a basis for the third action, namely the introduction of a zoning system in the mining regions of Suriname. As noted above, this initiative could be spearheaded by the outcome of a workshop of all key stakeholders in the sub-sector, followed by survey in the field and a mapping project component. 5) With a national organization of miners in place and with a zoning system of the mining regions that has thoroughly documented and mapped the subsector, the government will be in a much better position to develop a new mining policy. In fact, the work done under steps one, two and three will have produce significant input from the key stakeholders to already formulate a policy framework, but the process of interactive policy making should be institutionalized, as rapid changes will most certainly continue to occur in the sub-sector. With a solid policy basis, the new laws that are drafted will be much more practical and enjoy much greater support among the miners. The likelihood of compliance with existing regulations will have been significantly increased. It will also be much easier to design efficient and effective institutions that have a strong operational capacity in the field. The BGS has already developed a full proposal for the development of a Mineral Institute, and this work could be used as a point of departure in the preparation of a 106
evised proposal to reflect the outcomes of the actions taken in phases one, two and three. The first, second and third action items, could be implemented almost simultaneously, and be completed within two years. It is estimated that an awareness campaign and radio programs could be designed and aired for about US$ 20,000 each per year (total costs US$ 80,000 for two years). The setting up of a national organization of miners would require more funds, perhaps as much as US $ 150,000 or more will be implemented under the IADB/WWF planned “Establishment Suriname Gold Mining Association” project. The fourth action item, zoning and mapping of the mining areas, could be executed over a two-year period. The cost of setting up a presence in each of the identified mining regions would initially require an investment of over one million US Dollars (US$ 75,000 is allotted for setting up a station in each mining regions). The GMD should fund raise with the assistance of its partners for the implementation of this component A provisional budget for setting up the Minerals Institute has already been prepared by the BGS, but of course, in the light of the new developments and findings, it should be adjusted accordingly. At least three years should be allotted for the execution of this program component. The GMD is the focal point for this institutional reform activity, but input from all key stakeholders is very important. The above time lines and figures are only estimates; detailed plans to be developed in the future could include time lines and budgets that have been worked out in much greater detail. 107
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4.6 Concession holders and miners 4
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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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government with their experience in
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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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Box 1: The administrative presence
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NW-SE greenstone belt between the G
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of inappropriate equipment soon tra
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second informal system to the exist
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Hydraulic mining was outlawed in Ca
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Chapter III SOCIAL DIMENSIONS In th
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3.3. Life in the mines Life in the
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spouse, and jeopardizes their acces
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Chapter IV MINING CLASSIFICATION AN
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of its original rock structure and
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concentrate is panned with mercury.
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capital invest in such an enterpris
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Fixed costs Operator (150 gr. p. m.
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