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Critical Minerals, Critical Stakeholders: Engaging Local Communities in Mineral Resource Collaboration
June 6 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MDT
PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SUMMER VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES
Critical Minerals, Critical Stakeholders: Engaging Local Communities in Mineral Resource Collaboration
JUNE 6, 2024
Topic: Critical Minerals, Critical Stakeholders: Engaging Local Communities in Mineral Resource Collaboration
SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AARON MALONE
Hosted by: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE AND THE PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Time: THURSDAY, June 6,2024 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM MT
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EVENT VIDEO
Please join Resources for the Future and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Payne Institute Research Associate Aaron Malone presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals, Critical Stakeholders: Engaging Local Communities in Mineral Resource Collaboration on Thursday, June 6, 2024.
The growing demand for electric vehicles has increased the need to invest in critical mineral extraction and processing, yet mineral resources across the globe tend to be located in near proximity to Native lands and local, diverse communities who are often left out of decision-making processes. Without careful precautions, this increase in extraction could cause undue harm to local communities. To that end, effective and equitable engagement with local communities will be needed to reduce potential harms, compensate local communities for risks (including environmental, social, and economic), and reduce opposition delays.
Join Resources for the Future (RFF) on Thursday, June 6 for “Critical Minerals, Critical Stakeholders: Engaging Local Communities in Mineral Resource Collaboration,” as part of our Exposure 2024 Event Series on environmental justice. This webinar will cover issues such as what effective, meaningful, and equitable engagement looks like; challenges that often emerge in the engagement process; how to deal with competing community interests; the role for compensation agreements and how to best structure these; and opportunities that can arise from community engagement. The webinar will also cover policies that can be enacted to improve collaborative outcomes between communities and mining companies and discuss the role for research in this space.
Speakers:
- Carolyn Burns, RESOLVE
- Aaron Malone, Colorado School of Mines
- Jason Prno, Jason Prno Consulting Services
- Beia Spiller, Resources for the Future (Moderator)