\n HBI Seminar - Regional cumulative effects assessme nt for mining transitions

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\n \n D ate: \n 18 AUG 2023\n Time: \n 12:30 PM to\n 1:30 PM\n \n \n Lo cation:\n\n Robertson Lecture Theatre (245.2.0 35)\, South St Campus \n \n \n Website:\n \n Find out more \n \n \n Add to Calendar:\n \n \n

\n Presented by Dr Jenny Pope – HBI/Murdoch University. This special seminar is bought to you by Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute\, the Western Australian Biodi versity Science Institute (WABSI) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME).

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Dr Jenny Pope is Professor of Sustaina bility in Mining and the Harry Butler Institute at Murdoch University\; me mber of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of Western Australia\ ; and Director of consulting firm Integral Sustainability. She is currentl y co-leading a project through CRC TiME (www.crctime.com.au) entitled A Sy stematic Approach to Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment (RCEA) to Supp ort Transitions in Mining Economies &ndash\; Stage 1.

This present ation will provide an overview of a research project being undertaken by M urdoch University and WABSI under the auspices of CRC TiME\, the Co-operat ive Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies. The project e xplores how regional cumulative effects assessment (RCEA) can inform mine closure and other mining transitions at a regional scale. Cumulative effec ts are the successive\, incremental and combined impacts (both positive an d negative) of an activity on society\, the economy and the environment. R egional cumulative effects assessment (RCEA) is the term given to the suit e of processes and tools that enable the understanding and management of c umulative effects at a regional scale and ultimately facilitate the delive ry of long-term environmental\, social\, cultural and economic outcomes. T he presentation will cover: the imperative for mine closure and regional t ransitions that are informed by an understanding of cumulative effects\, b oth positive and negative\; the research aims and objectives\; different a pproaches to RCEA\, including a draft typology of practice\; an overview o f selected case studies of RCEA\; and preliminary findings from the resear ch so far. These findings are largely based on analysis of Canadian case s tudies of RCEA and interviews with practitioners and researchers undertake n during a recent field trip to Canada. Some of the key findings that will be highlighted relate to the strengths and weaknesses of formal regulator y processes versus more voluntary processes\, and the emergence of Indigen ous-led RCEA.

Join us at 12:30pm on Friday 18 August in Murdoch Un iversity&rsquo\;s Robertson Lecture Theatre or online via TEAMS. Full even t details can be found on the Eventbrite registration page.

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