EO-MINERS. The EO-MINERS project: Stakeholders needs and gaps in EO information. Copernicus for Raw Materials Workshop Brussels, Sept.

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1 EO-MINERS Earth Observation for Monitoring and Observing Environmental and Societal Impacts of Mineral Resources Exploration and Exploitation The EO-MINERS project: Stakeholders needs and gaps in EO information Copernicus for Raw Materials Workshop Brussels, Sept. 5 th, 2016 Stéphane CHEVREL Project Coordinator chevrel@chevrel.eu stephane.chevrel@minpol.com W. Eberhard FALCK eberhard.falck@minpol.com MinPol GmbH, Austria

2 EO-MINERS overall objective to bring into play EObased methods and tools to facilitate and improve interaction between the mineral extractive industry and the society for its sustainable development while improving its societal acceptability. Mining vs Society After Solar and Shields, 2011

3 Stakeholders in the mining sector Shareholders Commercial banks Political parties Governement Sectoral authorities Academia & research Rating agencies NGOs Development banks Insurance Co. Others (equipment, engineering ) Suppliers Employees Unions Mining Companies Mine Local Buyers populations Professional organisations Industry Development organisations Media Consumers After P. Christmann and B. Martel-Jantin, SDMI, Milos 2003)

4 The EO-MINERS general approach Expert knowledge Indicators EO methods and tools EO-based Products On-site investigations Stakeholder interviews Trialogue workshops Stakeholder feedback

5 Local stakeholder interviews Interview of the Chet Bulak village authorities, Kyrgyzstan

6 Stakeholder derived indicators Themes covered by information requirements of local/regional stakeholders Land use Remediation / Status after mining Environment Materials Transport / Energy / Infrastructure South Africa Czech Republic

7 Frequency Local stakeholders most important issues (KG) Frequency of thematic areas (groups of indicators) A: land use B: Mass and energy flows C: Soil quality D: Air quality E: water quality F: transport G: geotech hazards H: Industrial accidents I: social impact J: regional dvpt K: economical vulnerability 5 Government 0 A B C D E F G H I J K Civil Society Classes of indicators Industry Only indicators that could be measured using EO techniques have been retained for product development The priority indicators vary from study site to study site

8 Did our EO-based products adress stakeholders needs? with regard to comprehension: Do the EO products present the mapped information in a clear and understandable way? Which EO products are (most) useful / interesting for you ( top three )? Which EO products tell you something new? Would you consider using one or more of the EO products presented? with regard to their technical implementation: Do the EO products support the concerns you initially raised (i.e. do they support the indicators? Are there any concerns with regard to the parameters that were selected to provide information about your concerns? Should or could we have used different parameters? Is the detail (i.e. spatial resolution) of the EO products sufficient to satisfy your needs? Otherwise, what level of detail would be more appropriate? For one of the EO products, could you suggest a different way of showing the information/data that would be more useful or understandable?

9 Stakeholder Feedback: A summary Attractive tools that provide the information in an easy-touse form Benefit of spatially continuous and repeated measurements Beyond the posters, the 3D presentation of EO Products was much appreciated The maps and data are able to help develop a common language and base of communication between otherwise separate stakeholders Air quality products were of interest in South Africa, in particular the press distributed the results with enthusiasm (several local press articles) could this product be extended to include medical recommendations?

10 Societal gaps: A major challenge Need for a neutral attitude Stakeholders with very different concerns vs. environmental and societal issues Establishing confident relations with mining companies Reluctance to deal with environmental and societal impacts Reluctance to put data in the public domain Do not like we work with other stakeholders Working constraints (security, ) Need for a better engagement of the mining industry Get acquainted with local communities concerns and demands Lack of information, rumours Economical dependence (jobs, contribution to the community, infrastructure development, ) Looking for compensations

11 Technical gaps: need for dedicated sensors and institutional support The mineral community strongly advocates for operational hyperspectral spaceborne missions ensuring a global systematic coverage at no (or marginal) costs and at decent spatial resolution Operational, freely available, global coverage Multispectral : Sentinel 2 and Landsat TM Superspectral : ASTER (failure of SWIR sensors) Operational, commercial, local coverage on request, high acquisition costs Supeprspectral : WV-3 hyperspectral : VNIR-SWIR, few operational TIR sensors EO in mineral industry lacks institutionnal support Mostly deals with private companies => EO-based monitoring of illegal mining latitude λ longitude

12 Stakeholder engagement process Responsible mining initiatives A concept not strictly defined Sometimes considered as a declination of CSR Either a voluntary and ethical approach from mining operators, or imposed (or encouraged) by authorities Participatory approach to tackle environmental, societal and human rights issues Social License to Operate i.e. free, prior and informed consent of local communities and stakeholders

13 Group on Earth Observations GEO CA-06 New GEO Energy and Mineral Resource management SBA in WP Includes a GEO Community Activity Earth Observations for Managing Mineral and Non-renewable Energy Resources (CA-06) Global mineral map of the Earth s surface Australia Geoscience mineral map Global spectral libraries of soils in view of future IS spaceborne missions EO-based integrated products for monitoring environmental and societal impacts: National to regional (e.g. illegal mining) Local : mine site, SLO...

14 Conclusions A growing demand for stakeholder participation Community involvement equitable share of industry benefits EO as facilitator for stakeholder engagement Provide updated, objective, reliable, undisputable and opposable documents, mutually trusted Lack of dedicated spaceborne instruments and institutional support Global community under construction

15 Acknowledgments The results presented here would not have been possible without the collaboration of all the project partners: AngloCoal, South Africa BGS - British Geological Survey, UK BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologique et Minières, France CGS - Council for Geoscience, South Africa CzechGS - Czech Geological Survey DLR - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany GeoZS - Slovenian Geological Survey MIRO - Minerals Research Organisation, UK SU - Sokolovská uhelná, a.s, Czech Republic TAU - Tel Aviv University, Israel UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France WI - Wuppertal Institut, Germany The support by the European Commission is also gratefully acknowledged.