Amphi Pour Tous – Mineral resources in transition: between crises and sustainability

October 6, 2022, 6:30 p.m. - October 6, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

The lecture “Mineral Resources in the Transition: Between Crises and Sustainability,” presented by Marie Forget and Magali Rossi, lecturers at the Laboratory for Mountain Environments, Dynamics, and Territories (EDYTEM), Faculty of Sciences and Mountain Studies,will take place on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at La Turbine Sciences in Cran-Gevrier (entrance via Le Cinéma la Turbine).

It will also be held:

  • Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in Chambéry (as part of the 2022 Festival of Science)
  • Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in Archamps

The conferences will take place subject to the health conditions related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and in compliance with the safety guidelines 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 global population. In a world in transition, needs are changing, both in terms of the nature of the raw materials required and in terms of quantity. The countries that produce these materials (countries in the South) are often not the ones that consume the end products (countries in the North). As a result, the areas where mining takes place bear the environmental and social impacts, while extractive activities compete with local populations for access to fundamental resources such as water and land. We therefore need to rethink the governance and sustainability of extractive activities at all levels, from the mining area to the global scale.

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