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SUMMARY:Overcoming biodiversity and conservation challenges in the mining
  industry
DESCRIPTION:With the increased demand for minerals globally to supply the
  raw materials for technologies needed to address Climate Change\, minin
 g companies increasingly are being proactive on the issues of biodiversi
 ty\, conservation and sustainability captured in the United Nation’s Sus
 tainable Development Goals\, the Convention for Biological Diversity’s 2
 020 Strategic Plan and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework discu
 ssed at the United Nation’s 2022 Biodiversity Conference in Montreal. Di
 ffering types of mining across diverse ecological regions present a wide
  array of biodiversity and conservation challenges that tend to be sui g
 eneris\, but the immutable fact is that the challenges cannot be ignored
  and must be addressed proactively\, creatively and cooperatively\, incl
 uding through emerging net-positive policies and long-term planning for 
 improved outcomes. The challenges\, which must be analyzed and understoo
 d on more than an individual footprint basis and in relative terms to ot
 her threats\, often may employ established concepts of mitigation and of
 fset commitments. Mine reclamation (both contemporaneous and post-mining
 ) and ultimate closure\, meanwhile are best managed and planned based no
 t only upon legal requirements\, but also upon local engagement and scie
 nce inputs to achieve self-sustaining ecosystems appropriate for the lif
 e zones impacted by mining operations. This panel will explore emerging 
 solutions to successfully overcome the challenges.
LOCATION:Rooms 362-363\, Level 3
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