An Assessment of Post-WSSD Political Options
ABOUT THE AUTHOR………………………………………………………………………. II
ABOUT MINERAL POLICY CENTER ……………………………………………….. II
TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………………………… III
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ………………………………………………………………..IV
1. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………1
2. AN ASSESSMENT OF PAST AND CURRENT INITIATIVES …………..3
2.1 WHITEHORSE MINING INITIATIVE (WMI) ………………………………….. 3
2.2 WORLD COMMISSION ON DAMS………………………………………………. 5
2.3 FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL …………………………………………. 8
2.4 LAND-MINES BAN CAMPAIGN ………………………………………………… 10
2.5 LESSONS FROM OTHER INITIATIVES ……………………………………. 11
2.6 TYPES OF POLICY INSTRUMENTS – THEIR MERITS AND PROBLEMS……………………………………………………………………………………. 13
3. THE CURRENT PROPOSALS …………………………………………………… 22
3.1 CANADIAN/SOUTH AFRICAN PROPOSAL………………………………. 22
3.2 UNEP PROPOSAL……………………………………………………………………. 26
3.3 GMI/MMSD………………………………………………………………………………… 28
3.4 COMPARISON OF THE THREE PROPOSALS ……………………….. 38
3.5 WSSD PROCESS…………………………………………………………………….. 40
4. THE UNEP CN CODE: HOW NOT TO CONDUCT AMUTLISTAKEHOLDER PROCESS……………………………………………… 43
5. STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATION – NGO VIEW ………………….. 46