Features Feature: Mine closure April 2005.  Under this headline we have compiled and published information on mine closure and reclamation issues, including legal, technical, environmental and social aspects. 050317-018 & 040 / Formalisation of artisan and small-scale mining in LAC - Analysis of experiences in Peru María Kathia Romero, Victor Hugo Pachas, Gustavo Zambrano y Yerson Guarniz. CooperAcción. Publications available!! 2005-10-04 MPRI offers interested stakeholders the opportunity to receive publications for free.

MPRI was created in 1998 with the aim of promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration in support of applied public interest research, networking, and knowledge dissemination, devoted to ensuring a greater contribution of mining to sustainable and equitable development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Through this corporate project in coordination with other initiatives, IDRC sought to respond to a public concern regarding the potential impacts of the expansion of mining in LAC during the 1990s on the well-being of local communities.

After seven years of operation MPRI has accomplished its objectives and is sufficiently mature to evolve based on its significant outcomes, among which the following stand out:

• the generation of evidence that responds to key mining issues in the region;
• the improvement of research capacities and regional networking; and,
• the recognition of key stakeholders and strengthening of a critical mass of researchers, donors and different institutions.

In this evolution IDRC will turn its attention to specific issues in which it has strong comparative advantages, such as the relationship between mining activity and indigenous peoples, mining technological innovations, as well as closing the loop with research findings on post mining issues.

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• About MPRI
  MPRI's vision, mission and contact information.

• Research areas and projects
  Description of MPRI priority areas, access to every project supported by MPRI (active and closed) and documents produced (calls, reports, presentations, etc.)

• Resources
  Project documents (reports, calls, approved proposals, etc.), presentations, MPRI publications and other documents and highlights.

• Partners
  Brief description of institutions that are or have been supported by MPRI, or have co-funded projects with MPRI, as well as contact information and access to the corresponding projects.

• MPRI Publications
  Publications resulting from projects supported by MPRI, including books, executive summaries, CDRoms and the Mining and Sustainable Development Series.