Sustainable Mineral Resources in the Philippines: Partnership & Project Development Grant assessment panel

Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

Description

The aim of the call is to support research that generates a whole-system view of sustainable mineral production in the Philippines, with proposals addressing at least two of the following three themes:
a) Novel technologies for the sustainable extraction and understanding of mineral deposition in the Philippines, including improved understanding of local geology and mineral characterization and new approaches to baselining and monitoring;
b) Legacy (abandoned) mines and mine tailings including resource recovery, processing of untapped/unprocessed minerals, and understanding of the impacts of past practices and routes to ecosystem rehabilitation;
c) Understanding the fate, transport, and impact of associated contaminants through the environment.
Period9 Mar 202111 Mar 2021
Held atNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • legacy mining
  • pollution
  • remediation
  • risk assessment
  • Philippines
  • source-pathway-receptor