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Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Mining Sector – IISD Reporting Services

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An essential tool for policy-makers working to develop a sector-wide vision for responsible mining. 
This report provides analysis and case studies that highlight how strategic environmental assessment (SEA) can improve mining sector governance.
Not to be confused with environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA), which apply to individual projects, SEA applies more broadly and is defined by the OECD as a range of analytical and participatory approaches that aim to integrate environmental considerations into policies, plans, and programs, and evaluate the interlinkages with economic and social considerations.
SEA can improve mining governance by
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