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Environmental and mining Laws, Decrees and Orders of thé Republic of Cameroon.

Environmental code

-Law no 96/12 of 05 August relative to thé management of thé environment.

- Decree no 2013/0171/PM of 14 February 2013 fixing rules for thé réalisation of socio environmental impacts studies.

- Decree no 2013/0172/PM of 14 February 2013 fixing rules for thé réalisation of socio environmental audits.

-Decree no 2011/2584/PM of 23 August 2011 fixing rules for thé protection of soils.

- Order no 00001/MINEPDED of 08 February 2016 fixing rules on thé diffèrent catégories of opérations that are subjected to thé strategic environmental évaluation or a socio environmental impact studies.

- Order no 00002/MINEPDED of 08 February 2016 defining sample terms of référence and thé content of a notice of environmental impact assessment.

Mining code.

- Law no 001/2001 of 16 April bearing on thé mining code.

- Law no 2010/011 of 29 July 2010 to modify and complète some articles of Law no 001/2001 of 16 April 2001 bearing on thé mining code.

- Decree no 2002/688/PM of 26 March 2002 fixing rules of application for Law no 001 of 01 April 2001 bearing on thé mining code.

- Decree no 2014/1882/PM of 04 July 2014 modifying and completing some articles of Decree no 2002/688/PM 26 March 2002 fixing rules of application for Law of 16 April 2001 midified and completed by Law no 2010/011 of 29 July 2010.

- Decree no 2014/2349/PM of 01 August 2014 modifying and complète some articles of Decree no 2002/688/PM of 26 March 2002 to fix rules of application for Law no 001 of 16 April 2001 modified and completed by Law no 2010/011 of 29 July 2010.

Most ASM are illiterate and they don't even know what a policy is. With this in mind they cannot develop a health and safety policy in there mining places. The best way will be to train them through ASM associations and cooperative on health and safety issues and make regular follow ups to ensure implementation.

The other thing is that mining department inspectorate should intensify extension services to regulate and make sure that best mining practices are adhered to and if they are not being followed the inspectorate should correct the problems on sight.

The mines department should also develop a health and safety policy that will be applicable to all ASM therefore before the ASM are given permission to start mining they should be oriented about the policy guidelines. This can help to enforce healthy and safety standards.

Good day Alumni,

This is an activity in my Return to Work Plan (RWP) to senzitise ASM to légalisé their activities for  a safety and secured mining sector.

In Malawi big and medium scale companies have either an EIA or an environmental management plan, and they have qualified people to make sure the environmental guidelines are being implemented and followed properly. This approach of having an EIA and EMP is the best and effective because it addresses the environmental challenges to some extent. 

On the part of the ASM it a very big challenge because large part of it is unregulated and this group is  very mobile as they don't usually stay at one place for long hence very difficult to track them. This makes it very difficult to monitor and regulate their activities if they are managing the environment well. Usually they don't have an EMP nor any knowledge about the environment. 

The good approach for the ASM would be to organise them into collective groups like associations and cooperatives. the other thing would be to decentralise some powers to the local councils (assemblies) since it will be easier for them to monitor and regulate the ASM activities than the central government. 

Training these miners through associations is the best solution to help protect the environment. 

Gestion et réhabilitation de la mine de Mt Morgan en Australie par le gouvernement https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/abandoned-mines/projects/mt-morg...

Bjr Marie,

Is it a programme to attend in Australie ? Thank you.

Dear marie,

I shall be grateful if you can send me thé link of this training, for me to read through for my appréciation. Thank you.

Dear marie thank you for thé informations about australia.

God bless you.