Governance structures for extractive industries: Identifying path dependencies (RT 3)

Governance structures for extractive industries in the Arctic are increasingly integrated in complex structures where international as well as national pressures are factored into mining policy.

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Governance structures for extractive industries: Identifying path dependencies (RT 3)

Governance structures for extractive industries in the Arctic are increasingly integrated in complex structures where international as well as national pressures are factored into mining policy. Yet structures and practices from the past still influence the possibilities to improve legislative and governance structures for extractive industries – including important governance tools such as Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Social Impact Assessments (SIA). Through a focus on the origins and evolution of EIA and SIA legislation, this research task identifies and explains how EIA and SIA have changed in response to a range of political pressures – and why some actors remain more important than others in these processes. The research analyzes cases from different time periods and different institutional frameworks in different regions of the Arctic – Sweden, Greenland and northern Canada.

Large image: Reports from the Greenland government about environmental and social impact assessments.

Small Image: Mining site, Narsaq, Greenland. Photo: EEA Flickr Creative Commons

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