<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Leslie London</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leslie.london@uct.ac.za">leslie.london@uct.ac.za</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>Call for Papers<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occuaptional Health Policy</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>Extractive Industries<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">In 2012, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights obligations related to environmentally sound management
and disposal of hazardous substances and waste released a report on the extractive industries. The report highlighted the many ways in which unsound management of hazardous substances and waste in the extractive industries was impacting adversely on human
rights and on health and contributing substantially to a growing burden of disease globally.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">This report coincided with growing international concern following a number of high profile disasters in the mining and petroleum industries. At the same time, the social impacts of
the extractive industries, through displacement of communities, disruption of local economic livelihoods, social disruption and contamination of water and other environmental media, associated with environmental degradation, was increasingly emerging as the
target of popular campaigns.<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Some have argued that the very act of removing “a natural resource from its natural surroundings for industrial purposes without provision for their renewal in a socially, economically
or environmentally viable timeframe” is inherently a destructive practice and incompatible with environmental sustainability. Furthermore, it appears that, in many parts of the world, sectors of the<span style> extractive industries, particularly
in mining, remain dependent on unskilled labour and the perpetuation of inequality continues through a deliberate absence of skills development. Are there viable and less polluting alternatives to extraction of natural resources as vehicles for sustainable
livelihoods?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt"><b>New Solutions</b>
<b>seeks submissions</b> for a special issue that will focus on the extractive industries.
<span style>Extractive industries are defined as </span><span><span style="color:#222222">processes that involve the extraction of raw materials from the natural environment to be used for consumption
</span></span><span style>and include the </span><span><span style="color:#222222">mining of precious and other metals (e.g.
</span></span><span style>gold, silver, iron, manganese, tin, asbestos and rare-earth metals, amongst others), and the</span><span><span style="color:#222222">
</span></span><span style>extraction of energy sources such as coal, uranium, natural gas, oil sources such as oil shale and tar sands</span><span><span style="color:#222222">, as well as dredging and quarrying for primary materials.
</span></span>Because New Solutions is a policy journal, manuscripts, including scientific papers, should include a perspective that addresses relevant policy concerns. Manuscripts are welcome for any of its journal sections, including: Scientific Solutions,
Feature Articles, Movement Solutions, Documents, Voices, and Comment and Controversy.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Potential topic areas include:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Health and safety in the extractive industries – obstacles, opportunities and accountability<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Waste management practices in the extractive industries and their impact on the health of workers and communities;<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Systems for the prevention and compensation of work-related illness and injury in the extractive industries<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Health and environmental impacts of small-scale mining<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;line-height:14.0pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Uranium mining and its impact<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;line-height:14.0pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>The relationship between the growth of extractive industries in Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income countries and social policy impacting on health<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Legal and civil society struggles for health and safety in the extractive industries<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Extractive industries operating in countries experiencing armed conflict
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;line-height:14.0pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>The role of trade unions in promoting health and safety in relation to the extractive industries<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;line-height:14.0pt">
<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>The human rights impacts of extractive industries and their relationship to health and the environment.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style>Gender concerns in the extractive industries</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style>Labour migration and the extractive industries</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style>Conditions of work, outsourcing, sub-contracting and living conditions associated with employment in the extractive industries</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">We encourage submissions that highlight
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">possible alternatives or solutions and examples of positive community responses and activities.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">For information about the journal and to view instructions for authors, please visit the journal website:
<a href="http://www.newsolutionsjournal.com" target="_blank">www.newsolutionsjournal.com</a><span> or
<a href="http://baywood.com/journals/previewjournals.asp?id=1048-2911" target="_blank">http://baywood.com/journals/previewjournals.asp?id=1048-2911</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Submissions must be made online at
<a href="http://www.newsolutionsjournal.com" target="_blank">www.newsolutionsjournal.com</a><span>
</span>by <b>July 15, 2014</b>. Earlier submissions are encouraged to ensure consideration. Pre-submission inquiries may be sent to the editors:
<a href="mailto:leslie.london@uct.ac.za" target="_blank">leslie.london@uct.ac.za</a> and <a href="mailto:Sophia@gmail.com" target="_blank">
Sophia@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Special Issue Guest Editors: Leslie London and Sophia Kisting<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.0pt">Editor: Craig Slatin<u></u><u></u></p>
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