Reviewed by the Internet Centre
for Cleaner Production
United Nations Environment Program
- URL: http://www.unep.org/
Division of Technology, Industry and
Economics
Production and Consumption Unit
(http://www.unepie.org/hp_pc.html)
Industrial Pollution Management
(http://www.unepie.org/ipman/home.html)
Focus on Activities (http://www.unepie.org/ipman/focus_activities.html)
Industry Sectors:
Mining (http://www.unepie.org/ipman/mining.html)
Information on mining on this page
comes under the following headings:
Objective of the mining program
Main Activities
Specific Present and Future Activities
such as:
Information provision and sharing
through the Mineral Resources Forum. Promoting the wider use of environmental
technology assessment (EnTA) to encourage cleaner
and safer production in mining and minerals processing.
Linking with UNEP IE Activities
Industry, governments, community and
professional associations are encouraged to contribute
Publications (http://www.unepie.org/publi/listpubl.html)
Includes Management, Safety, Case
Studies, Standard and Guidelines in the mining industry and,
Quarterly magazine by UNEP IE entitled
Industry and Environment.
Fertilizer production (http://www.unepie.org/ipman/fertiliz.html)
Objective: "Promote awareness of
environmental issues and management options in the fertilizer production
industry, including consideration of the entire product cycle."
This
page do not provide much information but provides good links to: