Minerva Chaloping-March, PhD. Social Science Researcher

Social Terrains of Mine Closure in the Philippines. First Edition. Published by Routledge, 2018.

This book, based on ethnographic research and archival materials, presents the varying experiences of three mines to demonstrate that the mine closure process is an intense locus for competition and compromises among various social actors.

The book offers key messages for understanding the complex socio-cultural, economic, political, and business realities that make up the social terrains of mine closure, and will be of great interest to students and researchers in development studies, community development, business studies, anthropology, and sociology. It will also appeal to those working in the global minerals sectors and NGOs that engage in development work and advocacy for responsible mining.

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Chaloping-March, M. (2015). Gold for the Greater Good of the Greater Lot: An Indigenous Notion of and Pursuit for Sustainability in ‘The Tipping Point: Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity. Peer-reviewed Proceedings of the 21st International Sustainable Development Research Conference. Geelong, Victoria, Australia. 10-12 July 2015. Edited by Y. Narayanan, L. Bräu & P. Deutz. http://media.isdrs.org/2015/12/ISDRS15-Proceedings_2015.pdf pp.268-277

Chaloping-March, M. (2014). The mining policy of the Philippines and ‘resource nationalism’ towards nation-building. Journal of the Society of Oceanists (Journal de la Société des Océanistes), Vol 138. Issue 1. pp.43-56

Chaloping-March, M. (2011). Helping to manage the social impacts of mining in the Cordillera: a focus on mine closure. In Igorot By Heart: Keynotes and Selections of a Generation. Edited by J. Dyte, et.al. Igorot Global Organisation, pp.137-185.

Chaloping-March, M. (2009). Political and corporate governance for effective mine closure. In Peer-reviewed Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Mine Closure, Perth, Australia, 9-11 September 2009. Edited by A. Fourie & M. Tibbett, Australian Centre for Geomechanics Australian Centre, WA, pp. 403-416.

Chaloping-March, M. (2008). Business expediency and contingency and socio-political realities: the case of unplanned mine closure. In Peer-reviewed Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Mine Closure, Johannesburg, South Africa, 15 -17 October 2008. Edited by A. Fourie, M. Tibbett, I. Weiersbye & P. Dye, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Nedlands, Western Australia, pp. 863-871.

Chaloping-March, M. (2006). Collaboration towards social sustainability: the case of a mining corporation, its surrounding communities, and local government in Benguet, Philippines. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 5(2), 109-125.

Chaloping-March, M. (2006). The place of women in mining in the Cordillera Region, Philippines. In Women Miners in Developing Countries: Pit Women and Others. Edited by K. Lahiri-Dutt & M. Macintyre. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, pp. 185-207