Resource-based African Development Strategy - Partnership to Cut ...

RADSSHE: Safety, Health & Environment• Need a continuous method of independent SHEmonitoring of all extractive plants (as per EITIsystem);• Need commonly accepted African SHEstandards, to be objectively monitored on aregular basis (e.g. Cyanide Code). Suchstandards need to be reconciled withinternational (e.g. ISO) standards;• Need to ensure that the post-mining rehabcosts are amortised through annual transfersduring life of mine and periodically reassessed(5 yearly?): Any surpluses to accrue to centralfund for rehab of “ownerless” mine sites.• Kyoto: CDM useful, but needs to be based oncarbon footprint (consumption) and to valoriseResource-based African Development Strategyconservation (forests) as well as forestation.