Useful Links

Independent Resources

Best Practice/Guidelines

• Good Environmental Practice in the European Extractive Industry: A Reference Guide Centre Terre et Pierre (2000)
• Environmental Protection: Environmental Management in the Extractive Industry (Non-Scheduled Materials) – Environmental Management Guidelines (Draft for Consultation) EPA (Nov 2003)
• Biodiversity: Towards Best Practice for Extractive and Utility Companies Consultation Document at World Parks Congress, Insight Investment (13 September 2003)

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Assessment of Environmental Impacts of the Holcim Cement – Dundee Plant, Dundee, Michigan The Ecology Center (Jun 2003)
• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment of the Nghi Son Cement Corporation Project in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ADB (1996)
• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment of Lafarge Islam Cement Limited in the People's Republic of Bangladesh ADB (1997)
• A Survey of the Environmental Impacts of the Cement Industry Article by Nick Hawkins, Pomona College Environmental Analysis Program (2004)
• Vietnam: Unique Biodiversity Threatened by World Bank-Funded Cement plant Report, World Rainforest Movement (2003)
• ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/home.htm
• www.eeaa.gov.eg/arabic/main/guides/Cement-En.pdf
• www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmentalˍmanagement/impactˍassessment/environmentalˍimpactˍassessmentˍguidelines/
• www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,1606,en.pdf
• www.nrca.org/business/guidelines/general/GuidelinesforConductEIA.pdf

• www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/environmentalimpactassessment

National Laws

• Spanish Laws about Environmental Impact (Cement), 2003

• Tunisian Laws about Environmental Impact (Cement)

Karst Protection

• Directions in Development: Biodiversity and Cultural Property in the Management of Limestone Resources – Lessons from East Asia By Vermeulen and Whitten (World Bank) (1999)
• Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas By WCPA Working Group on Cave and Karst Protection (1997)

Industry-related Resources

• Supporting Biodiversity at Cockburn Cement CIF
• The Indian Cement Industry – A Perspective of Environment Friendliness Article, Cement Manufacturers' Association

Miscellaneous

• Ex-Cement plant now Europe's largest composting plant ZERI Foundation
• Health and Environmental Threat Associated with Tire-Burning Cement Kilns Article, CANK
• Timeline of Harris Superquarry Campaign against Lafarge Friends of the Earth Scotland
• An Environmental Impact Assessment Tool Product Description, RIAM (Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix)
• The Destruction of Concrete: A Critique of the Cement Industry Briefing Paper, Minewatch Asia Pacific (1999)
• www.businessandbiodiversity.org/mining.html

• www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/environment/biodiversity.html

Social Impact Assessment (SIA)

• www.iaia.org/modx/assets/files/SP2.pdf
• www.unep.ch/etu/publications/29)%20211%20to%20222.pdf
• www.qpa.org/issˍkey01.htm#local
• www.engagingcommunities2005.org/abstracts/Vanclay-Frank-final.pdf