aga |
AngloGold Ashanti |
aids |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
ara |
Architecture. Restoration. Archaeology (Asociația Arhitectură. Restaurare. Arheologie—Romanian ngo) |
asm |
artisanal small-scale mining |
ca |
capability approach (of Amartya Sen) |
caf |
Centre d’Autonomisation des Femmes (Centre for Women’s Empowerment), Guinea |
cbg |
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée |
cbk |
Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia |
ccp |
Chinese Communist Party |
cda |
community development agreement |
ceci |
Centre for International Studies and Cooperation |
cnt |
Conseil National de Transition, Burkina Faso |
cny |
Chinese yuan renminbi |
csr |
corporate social responsibility |
czsscm |
Confederation of Zimbabwe Small-Scale Chrome Miners |
dfg |
German Research Foundation |
di |
Devonshire Initiative |
dnpf |
Direction Nationale de la Promotion Féminine (Women’s Promotion National Directorate), Guinea |
eiti |
Extractive Industry’s Transparency Initiative |
esg |
environmental, social and governance |
esrc |
Economic and Social Research Council, UK |
EU |
European Union |
fipa |
foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, Canada |
fmdl |
Mining Fund for Local Development, Burkina Faso |
fpic |
free, prior and informed consent |
ftlrp |
Fast Track Land Reform Programme, Zimbabwe |
gac |
Guinea Alumina Corporation |
hdi |
human development index |
hiv |
human immunodeficiency virus |
iba |
Impact and Benefit Agreement |
icmm |
International Council on Mining and Metals |
icomos |
International Council on Monuments and Sites |
ifc |
International Finance Corporation |
iied |
International Institute for Environment and Development |
ilo |
International Labour Organization |
ilua |
Indigenous land-use agreement |
Im4dc |
International Mining for Development Centre |
Ingeominas |
Colombian Geology and Mining Institute |
iwgia |
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs |
mac |
Mining Association of Canada |
mca |
Minerals Council of Australia |
mdgs |
Millennium Development Goals, UN |
mmsd |
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (iied review) |
mnc |
multinational corporation |
naif |
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility |
natsiss |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ngo |
non-governmental organisation |
nntt |
National Native Title Tribunal, Australia |
nrcan |
National Resources Canada |
oecd |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
pcds |
municipal development plans, Burkina Faso |
pdac |
Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada |
pdg |
Parti Démocratique de Guinée |
pla |
People’s Liberation Army, prc |
ppp |
public–private partnership |
prc |
People’s Republic of China |
rmgc |
Roșia Montană Gold Corporation, Romania |
RONPhos |
Republic of Nauru Phosphate Corporation |
rpcs |
regional processing centres, Australia |
rsd |
refugee status determination (the legal or administrative process) |
saps |
structural adjustment programmes |
sdgs |
Sustainable Development Goals, UN |
sfb |
Collaborative Research Centre (of the German Research Foundation) |
SLiCA |
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic |
slo |
Social Licence to Operate |
suny |
State University of New York |
tnc |
transnational corporation |
tsx |
Toronto Stock Exchange |
tsxv |
Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange |
ufz |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UN |
United Nations |
undp |
United Nations Development Programme |
undrip |
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
unhchr |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
unhcr |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
unpfii |
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
usd |
United States dollar |
wages |
West Africa Governance & Economic Sustainability in Extractive Areas project |
wbg |
World Bank Group |
wusc |
World University Service of Canada |
wwii |
World War ii |
xaf |
Central African cfa franc |
zmdc |
Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation |