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	<title>PRIZMA &#187; Biodiversity</title>
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	<description>Bankable. Credible. Sustainable.</description>
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		<title>Creating Paper Parks or Biodiversity Value in Kyrgyzstan?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/15/creating-paper-parks-or-biodiversity-value-in-kyrgyzstan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=creating-paper-parks-or-biodiversity-value-in-kyrgyzstan</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Councellor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1995, the Kyrgyz Republic established the Sary-Chat Ertash Reserve or Zapovednik (SCER/SCEZ) near Centerra Gold’s high altitude Kumtor gold mine. While inaccurate maps and politics seem to fuel misunderstandings about the SCER’s boundaries and Kumtor’s impacts, an important question deserves more attention: Is the SCER just another ‘paper park’ or is it generating biodiversity value? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting Claimant at International Arbitration Hearing at ICSID</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2012/05/09/attending-international-arbitration-hearing-at-icsid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=attending-international-arbitration-hearing-at-icsid</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisanal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resettlement Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prizma's Mehrdad Nazari was engaged by White &#38; Case to serve as an Expert Witness for Claimant in the case of Gold Reserve Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela which is before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). According to its press release, Gold Reserve claims damages of approximately $2.1 billion arising from violations of provisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biodiversity for Banks Program Launched by Equator Principles, WWF, BBOP</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/11/07/biodiversity-for-banks-program-launched-by-equator-principles-wwf-bbop/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=biodiversity-for-banks-program-launched-by-equator-principles-wwf-bbop</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Equtor Principles Association has recently co-launched the Biodiversity for Banks (B4B) program, with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP).   The objective of this program is to assist financial institutions to manage risks from biodiversity and ecosystem services in their lending decisions. B4B is developing and will deliver a set of training materials to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Bank Outreach to US-based Consultants in Chicago &amp; Washington</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/10/24/ebrd-outreach-to-us-based-consultants-in-chicago-and-washington-dc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ebrd-outreach-to-us-based-consultants-in-chicago-and-washington-dc</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Bank (EBRD) Performance Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil and Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resettlement Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consultancy Services Unit of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is conducting an outreach to US-based consultants in Chicago (Nov 30) and Washington DC (Dec 1).  The EBRD is a London-based Multilateral Financial Institution in which the US Government is the largest individual shareholder (about 10%).  An AAA rated public institution, the EBRD provides debt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prizma publishes Summer 2011 News</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/09/07/prizma-llc-publishes-summer-2011-news/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=prizma-llc-publishes-summer-2011-news</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Articles: Prizma provided Expert Witness services on ICSID arbitration case, assisted Lundin Mining and Fulbright Academy to generate Sustainability Reports, and co-delivered four GRI-certified training courses. Access newsletter here.]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Environmental Assessments in Mining</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/08/01/strategic-environmental-assessments-in-mining/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=strategic-environmental-assessments-in-mining</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil and Gas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There appears to be an increase in SEAs relating to the extractive/mining sector, including the Central Namib Uranium Rush study, which caught my eye. Therivel et. al.’s  textbook entitled Strategic environmental assessment (first published in 1992) defines SEAs “as the formalized, systematic and comprehensive process of evaluating the environmental impacts of a policy, plan or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFC-owned Greystar/Angostura gold development in trouble</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/04/17/ifc-owned-greystarangostura-gold-development-in-trouble/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ifc-owned-greystarangostura-gold-development-in-trouble</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/04/17/ifc-owned-greystarangostura-gold-development-in-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisanal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greystar shareholders kicked out management and board as they did not secure permits and broad community support. Revisions of IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles has a new case study to wrestle with. As reported by infomine.com, Greystar (listed on TSX and AIM: GSL) has been working on the development of Angostura gold-silver mine for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remaining Obstacles to Revisions of IFC Performance Standards</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/16/remaining-obstacles-to-revisions-of-ifc-performance-standards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=remaining-obstacles-to-revisions-of-ifc-performance-standards</link>
		<comments>http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/16/remaining-obstacles-to-revisions-of-ifc-performance-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third and final phase of IFC’s consultation process for the Sustainability Framework Review and Update ended on March 4. Where do we go from here? The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is the private sector oriented arm of the World Bank Group, wrapped up its third round of consultation on the revision of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convergence of GRI and IFC Performance Standards?</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/03/24/convergence-of-gri-and-ifc-performance-standards/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=convergence-of-gri-and-ifc-performance-standards</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted earlier, GRI and ICMM launched the new GRI Metals and Mining Sector Supplement during the annual mining convention of PDAC in early March 2010. The new Sector Supplement integrated many references to the IFC Performance Standards and suggests increasing convergence amongst these internationally recognized guidelines. Mining projects in emerging markets seeking commercial and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFC Performance Standards:Lessons Learned</title>
		<link>http://prizmablog.com/2010/03/03/ifc-performance-standardslessons-learned/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ifc-performance-standardslessons-learned</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehrdad Nazari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artisanal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broad Community Support (BCS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian CSR Strategy for International Extractives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator Principles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFC Performance Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://prizmablog.com/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IFC Performance Standards on Social &#38; Environmental Sustainability have emerged as the de facto benchmark for developing and financing responsible extractive projects in emerging markets. The Canadian government’s March 2009 CSR Strategy for the Canadian International Extractive Sector, Building the Canadian Advantage, also includes the IFC Performance Standards. In this article, I review the [...]]]></description>
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