RAMR2D network scholarship holders
Affiliated CEAs :
- CEA Mines et Environnement de Côte d'Ivoire (MEM) in Ivory Coast
- CEA émergent Environnement Minier de l'Ecoles des Mines, de l'Industrie et de la Géologie (EMIG) of Niger
- CEA émergent Mines et Sociétés at the Institut Supérieur des Mines et Géologie de Boké (ISMGB) in Guinea.
FAYE Naby Souleymane
Affiliated CEAs :
- CEA Mines et Environnement de Côte d'Ivoire (MEM) in Ivory Coast
- CEA émergent Environnement Minier de l'Ecoles des Mines, de l'Industrie et de la Géologie (EMIG) of Niger
- CEA émergent Mines et Sociétés at the Institut Supérieur des Mines et Géologie de Boké (ISMGB) in Guinea.
Title
Scientific and societal interest of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA): the case of mining activities on the land-sea continuum in West Africa (Acronym "AWAEIE")
Summary of the scientific project
As part of the mining and investment activities that companies are required to carry out, they are obliged to subject their various projects to the scrutiny of environmental assessment (EA) [1]. As a result, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) have been developed [2].
Over the years, observers and various expert committees have, rightly or wrongly, voiced numerous criticisms, particularly of mining activities in West Africa, concerning the lack of transparency of EIAs, their selection criteria, the method of public reporting, their implementation and the relevance of EIAs. With regard to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it became clear that "the extractive industry has the opportunity and the potential to make a positive contribution to all 17 SDGs".
The general objective of this doctoral study is (i) to highlight this opportunity through analysis of the qualitative and quantitative information collected in selected EIAs (e.g. Zircon and Gold) impacting the land-sea continuum in North-West Africa (mainly Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire), (ii) to critically analyze the methodologies implemented in the EIAs in the light of the state of the scientific art. Finally, (iii) the process(es) of public restitution of the EIAs will be analyzed.
Integration of the thesis project into the local, regional and international scientific community:
Local
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Faculty of Science and Technology (FST)
- Institute of Environmental Sciences (ISE / UCAD)
- Dakar-Thiaroye Oceanographic Research Center (CRODT)
- Environment and Classified Establishments Department (DEEC)
- Department of Community Marine Protected Areas (DAMCP)
- UMR LEMAR (UBO, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer) Marine Environment Laboratory
- UMR MIVEGEC (IRD, CNRS, UMII) Infectious Diseases and Vectors: Ecology, Genetics, Evolution and Control
- UMMISCO (Sorbonne University, IRD, UGB, UCAD, UCAM, UY) Unité de Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes Complexes (Mathematical and computer modeling of complex systems)
- IUEM (UBO, CNRS, IRD) European University Institute of the Sea
- Laboratoire Mixte International - Patrimoines et Territoires de l'Eau (LMI - PATEO) ;
- Laboratoire Mixte International - Etude du Climat en Afrique de L'Ouest et de ses Interactions avec l'environnement Régional, et appui aux Services climatiques (LMI - ECLAIRS)
Regional
- Abidjan Convention (United Nations Environment)
- ECOWAS or Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) [Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone].
- Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation between African States bordering the Atlantic Ocean (COMHAFAT)
International
- United Nation, "Fisheries - aquaculture / marine environment" Technical Group of Senegal's technical and financial partners
- BirdLife International
- Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)