The conference "Mineral resources in transition: between crisis and sustainability", presented by Marie Forget and Magali Rossi, lecturers at the Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de Montagne (EDYTEM) Laboratory, UFR Sciences et Montagne, will take place on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 6pm at the Présidence de l'université Savoie Mont Blanc, rue Marcoz in Chambéry (as part of the Fête de la science 2022).
It will also be held :
- Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in Annecy
- Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in Archamps
Conferences will take place subject to health conditions linked to the Coronovirus epidemic (COVID-19) and in compliance with the safety instructions in force at the venue hosting the event.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The production of mineral raw materials is growing exponentially to meet the needs and economic development of a growing world population. In a world in transition, needs are changing, both in terms of the type of raw materials required and in terms of quantity. The countries that produce these materials (southern hemisphere countries) are often not those that consume the end products (northern hemisphere countries). As a result, the countries where the raw materials are mined bear the brunt of the environmental and social impacts, while at the same time pitting extractive activities against local populations for access to fundamental resources such as water and land. We therefore need to rethink the governance and sustainability of extractive activities on every scale, from mining territory to global scale.