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dc.contributor.authorPfeiffer, Michaela
dc.contributor.authorVanya, Delgermaa
dc.contributor.authorDavison, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorLkhagvasuren, Oyunaa
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorJanes, Craig R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12 21:37:06 (GMT)
dc.date.available2022-01-12 21:37:06 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0261-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/17871
dc.description.abstractThe Sustainable Development Goals call for the effective governance of shared natural resources in ways that support inclusive growth, safeguard the integrity of the natural and physical environment, and promote health and well-being for all. For large-scale resource extraction projects -- e.g. in the mining sector -- environmental regulations and in particular environmental impact assessments (EIA) provide an important but insufficiently developed avenue to ensure that wider sustainable development issues, such as health, have been considered prior to the permitting of projects. In recognition of the opportunity provided in EIA to influence the extent to which health issues would be addressed in the design and delivery of mining projects, an international and intersectoral partnership, with the support of WHO and public funds from Canadian sources, engaged over a period of six years in a series of capacity development activities and knowledge translation/dissemination events aimed at influencing policy change in the extractives sector so as to include consideration of human health impacts. Early efforts significantly increased awareness of the need to include health considerations in EIAs. Coupling effective knowledge translation about health in EIA with the development of networks that fostered good intersectoral partnerships, this awareness supported the development and implementation of key pieces of legislation. These results show that intersectoral collaboration is essential, and must be supported by an effective conceptual understanding about which methods and models of impact assessment, particularly for health, lend themselves to integration within EIA. The results of our partnership demonstrate that when specific conditions are met, integrating health into the EIA system represents a promising avenue to ensure that mining activities contribute to wider sustainable development goals and objectives.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Institutes of Health Research || WHO || Canadian International Development Agencyen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobalization and Health;
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectsustainable development goalsen
dc.subjectminingen
dc.subjectmongoliaen
dc.subjectenvironmental impact assessmenten
dc.subjecthealth impact assessmenten
dc.subjectintersectoral partnershipsen
dc.subjectpolicy changeen
dc.subjectcapacity developmenten
dc.titleHarnessing opportunities for good governance of health impacts of mining projects in Mongolia: results of a global partnershipen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPfeiffer, M., Vanya, D., Davison, C., Lkhagvasuren, O., Johnston, L., & Janes, C. R. (2017). Harnessing opportunities for good governance of health impacts of mining projects in Mongolia: Results of a global partnership. Globalization and Health, 13(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0261-5en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Applied Health Sciencesen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Public Health and Health Systems (School of)en
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uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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