a four-‐year project
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Coopera'on with the Swedish Interna'onal Development Coopera'on Agency (Sida)
• Mapping and Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Abandoned Mines in Sub-‐Saharan African Countries – a four-‐year project – Amount: $ 930,272
• African Network of Earth Science InsFtuFons (ANESI) – a four-‐year star3ng up funding – Amount: $ 455,345
African Network of Earth Science Ins'tu'ons (ANESI)
Objec'ves of ANESI
High quality research and training in Africa achieved through collabora'on and partnership among Earth Sciences Ins'tu'ons
1. Facilitate exchange and collaboraFon in research and EducaFon among member insFtuFons
2. Promote the use of modern technology and system approach in Earth Sciences research and educaFon
3. Facilitate linkages between universiFes/research insFtuFons and industry
4. Promote Earth Sciences educaFon in primary and secondary schools
5. Promote gender equity in access to Earth Sciences
African Network of Earth Science Ins'tu'ons (ANESI)
• A Management Team is set up to oversee the acFviFes of the Network (composed of elected regional representaFves);
• The Secretariat will be hosted by the UNESCO Nairobi Office;
• UNESCO intends to hand over the network to its members at the of four-‐year Sida funding for a full ownership.
Membership • Ins3tu3onal Members
– Departments/Schools of Earth sciences of African UniversiFes – Earth science Research InsFtuFons and OrganisaFons in Africa – NaFonal Geological Surveys in Africa
• Industry Members – Earth resources industries in Africa
• Affiliate Members – Earth science related professional SocieFes/AssociaFons in Africa
• Associate Members – All interested Earth science InsFtuFons outside Africa.
Governance • Governance of ANESI will be through the Governing Board
responsible for decision-‐making on strategic ma\ers – Five RepresentaFves of UniversiFes and Research InsFtutes (1 per African
region region); – One RepresentaFve of Earth science related industries – One RepresentaFve of funding agencies (such as Sida) – One RepresentaFve of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) – One representaFve of the AAWG – One RepresentaFve of the OrganizaFon of African Geological Surveys
(OAGS) – One RepresentaFve of the African Union – One RepresentaFve of UNESCO
• The Secretariat responsible for the opera'onal ac'vi'es – Will be hosted by the UNESCO Nairobi Office during the Sida funding – Will operate under the UNESCO’s rules for the next four years
ANESI Mee'ng in Addis Ababa January 2015
– Working Group transformed into a transitory Management Team unFl the elecFon of the ExecuFve Board for ANESI in 2016;
– Decisions have been made on guidelines and procedures of the network;
– Four important projects will be launched in the following days
• Data collecFon to develop various database (with GASf) • Students/lecturers exchange programme; • VisiFng Fellowship for Women • Capacity building workshops, specially for teachers on promoFng Earth sciences in schools (focussing on Earth system approach)
Mapping and Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Abandoned Mines in Sub-‐Saharan African Countries
Objec'ves
Reduce the adverse effects of abandoned mines on the ecosystem and promote a more environmentally and socially responsible mining industry.
1. Understand how abandoned mines negaFvely affect ecosystems and health of the adjacent communiFes;
2. IdenFfy, through experimentaFon, the most appropriate rehabilitaFon technologies and remedial acFons for sites contaminated by trace metals sites from mining;
3. Use science-‐based evidences to influence policies on issues of abandoned mines.
Kette artisanal gold field (Cameroon)
Pb-Zn Enygba and Ishiagu mines (Nigeria)
Copper mine, Kolwezi (Congo DR)
Kitwe copper mine (Zambia)
Poura Gold mine (Burkina-Faso)
Pb-Zn Vitengeni (Kenya)
Artisanal gold mine (Senegal)
Poly-metallic (Cu, Pb, Ag, As) Tsumeb Mine (Namibia)
Krugersdorp gold mines (South Africa)
Scoping phase in 2013
• All preliminary results of the scoping phase published as extended abstracts by the Czech Geological Survey in May 2014;
• Few more elaborated results published in the Journal of Geochemical ExploraFon in 2014
2014-‐2017 phase
• The proposal has a four-‐year funding of $ 930,272;
• Considering the amount involved, and the duraFon it is important guarantee the scienFfic quality of the proposals and their outputs by segng up a ScienFfic Commi\ee to oversee the project;
• The IGCP ScienFfic Board is the body that plays such a role Earth science research in UNESCO
• Since the present UNESCO-‐Sida project does not fit exactly in the framework of a typical IGCP, we thought a panel endorsed by the IGCP ScienFfic Board would be appropriate
IGCP Sub-‐CommiVee for the project 1. An IGCP Sub-‐Commi\ee has been established to oversee
the project;
2. Have an advisory role in supervising the implementaFon of the project;
3. Serve as selecFon panel for the project proposals;
4. Assess the report of on-‐going projects • Ensure the project's outputs meet the delivery
requirements as per agreement with the donor; • Provide strategic review of the project and a possible
post-‐project way forward.
Purpose of the Sub-‐CommiVee
• Have an advisory role in supervising the implementaFon of the project;
• Serve as selecFon panel for the project proposals;
• Assess the report of on-‐going projects – ensure the project's outputs meet the delivery requirements as per agreement with the donor;
– provide strategic review of the project and a possible post-‐project way forward.
Mandate of the Sub-‐CommiVee • The members of the Sub-‐Commi\ee shall serve for the whole duraFon of the project;
• The Sub-‐Commi\ee will cease to exist at the end of the project, in 2017 or later should addiFonal funding be obtained.
Mee'ngs of the Sub-‐CommiVee • MeeFngs of the Sub-‐Commi\ee will be held at least once a year in conjuncFon with the IGCP ScienFfic Board MeeFngs;
• A report on the acFviFes of the project will be presented at each IGCP ScienFfic Board meeFng.
Composi'on of the sub-‐CommiVee
Members • Bohdan Kribek, Czech Geological Survey • Robert Moritz, University of Geneva, IGCP Team Leader • Gil Mahe, IRD, IGCP Team Leader • Sarah Gaines, UNESCO Paris • Felix Toteu, UNESCO Nairobi
Chair • Bohdan Kribek
Rapporteur • Sarah Gaines
Coordinator • S. Felix Toteu
Application for funding Call for proposals • A call for proposal was sent out in early December 2014 with
deadline on 31 January 2015;
Requirements • ScienFfic quality (formulaFon of research quesFon, experFse of
research team, collaboraFons…); • Coverage of the three objecFves • Geographic distribuFon; • DiversificaFon of types of mines; • ParFcipaFon of young scienFsts and women; • Endorsement by relevant stakeholders interested by the
outcomes of the project.
Outcomes of the mee'ng of the Sub-‐CommiVee
• 35 project proposals received • 24 proposals reviewed by the IGCP ScienFfic Board Subcommi\ee
• 10/24 led by women researchers, others included on teams
• 13/24 selected for immediate funding • 8/24 will be provided with feedback and invited to resubmit
Sta's'cs of proposals
38%
27% RehabilitaFng
35% Understanding the polluFon on the
ground
Science for policy and communiFes
% approved Projects per objec've
54% Males
46% Females
% approved Project leaders gender
Proposal Ins'tu'on Country Focus Comment Gender Assessment of heavy metals in soils, plants, vegetables, their effect on human health and remediaFon strategies; Tsumeb Mining District,
Namibia
University of Namibia Namibia 1, 2, 3 Cu-‐Pb-‐Zn-‐Ag-‐Ge-‐Cd mine
m
MiFgaFon of environmental and
health impacts related to mining in Burkina Faso
University of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1,2,3 gold mine m
Natural radiaFon survey prior to mining acFviFes in the uranium bearing region of Poli, Cameroon
InsFtute for Geological and Mining Research Cameroon 1, 2, 3 Uranium
mine m
Impact of gold mining acFviFes on the quality of water resources in
Morila Mine
Ecole NaFonale d’Ingénieurs
Abderhamane Baba Touré
Mali 1, 3 m
Proposal Ins'tu'on Country Focus Comment Gender Assessment of potenFal harmful trace-‐element and phyto-‐remediaFon of soil around Pb-‐Zn mines in southeastern
Nigeria
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria 1, 2 Pb-‐Zn project f
PhytoremediaFon assessment and cooperaFve formaFon for women in Gold mines in Macalder and Orsiri,
Migori, Kenya
Laikipia University Kenya 1, 2, 3
CooperaFve for women
f
Review of the South African Derelict and Ownerless mines rehabilitaFon programme and development of remotely sensed indicators for
monitoring rehabilitaFon success
Environmental Programme Manager, WITS
South Africa 3
effecFveness of
rehabilitaFon
f
Mercury mythilaFon and trophic transfer in ASGM gold area, case of
Kedougou
DirecFon Mines & Geology
Senegal 2, 3 Mercury m
Physicochemical and toxicological aspects guided mapping of mining
acFviFes and evaluaFon of environmental and human health risks
in DemocraFc Republic
University of Geneva
Switzerland DRC 1, 3 m
Proposal Ins'tu'on Country Focus Comment Gender
Using charcoal-‐based constructed wetlands as a rehabilitaFon
technology for acid mine drainage
School of Chemical
and Metallurgic
al Engineering
WITS
South Africa 2
Acid mine draninage
f
Bio-‐remediaFon as rehabilitaFon technology and remedial acFon for
abandoned mine sites contaminated by trace metals – two
South African case studies
University of Free State
South Africa 2 f
Possible impact of abandoned mining acFviFes within SanyaF catchment,
Zimbabwe
Geology Dept University
of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe 1,3 Mercury f
Strategic integraFon and applicaFon of scienFfic techniques in managing
the legacy of abandoned mine sites: A South African perspecFve
Council of Geoscience
South Africa 1, 3 m