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Resource rich countries have worse public health and ecosystem vitality than other countries, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). JM Wright shares the 2012 EPI and how it relates to the EITI.

Less than one month after he sounded an alarm about the narrow survival of 27 miners, George Amoh informs us about 17 artisanal and small scale miners in the same area who were not so lucky.

• Isabel Moris; Intern - Peace Brigades International; Bethesda, MD, USA

• Richard Okallany; Partner - Omoding, Ojakol & Okallany Advocates; Kampala, Uganda

• Maria Jose Ferrer; Lima, Peru

• Anne Hansen; Copenhagen, Denmark

• Richard Taylor; General Manager, External Affairs - Panaust Ltd; Vientiane, Laos

• Synergy Global; Johannesburg, South Africa

• Gisela Granado; Policy Analyst - Trinidad and Tobago EITI Secretariat; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

• Leila Mooney; Director - Partners for Democratic Change; Washington, DC, USA

• Noemie Hailu; Extractive Industries Campaign Coordinator - Oxfam America; Washington, DC USA

• Giamoco; Cagliari, Italy

• How are resource rich countries performing in relation to the environment? - By JM Wright - Read

• RE: Research on mining in India - New comment by Subhasis Ray - Read

• The unthinkable happened again at Dunkwa Kyekyewere, a mining community in Ghana - By George Amoh - Read

New events

• Synergy Global and The University of Witwatersrand: Certificate Programme in Community Relations Practice in the Extractive Industry - Context, Situation, and Community Profiling; Johannesburg, South Africa; May 20-24, 2013 - RSVP

• Synergy Global and The University of Witwatersrand: Certificate Programme in Community Relations Practice in the Extractive Industry - Developing and Maintaining Stakeholder Relations; Johannesburg, South Africa; September 9-13, 2013 - RSVP

Next event

• Yale University: Practitioners and Researchers: A Collaboration for Good Governance in Africa; New Haven, CT, USA; April 26, 2013 - RSVP

Remember: GOXIans are everywhere

• NEW - Revenue Watch International: Media Training - Apply

• RCS Global: Indonesia Consultant - Apply

• Oxfam: Senior Program Advisor, Extractive Industries - Apply

• The Carter Center: Project Cycle Manager for Mining Governance, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Apply

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Active since 2010, ASM-PACE focuses exclusively on addressing the impacts of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) in protected areas and critical ecosystems ("PACE"). The programme aims to find workable, sustainable, win-win solutions that balance environmental concerns with the economic development potential of ASM. AM-PACE projects work with various stakeholders, including miners and their communities, governments, conservationists, and corporations. ASM-PACE is a joint programme of WWF and Estelle Levin Limited.

• FBI makes arrest in Guinea bribery probe - Financial Times - Read

• Chatham House report warns against expansion of UK biofuels - Oil&Gas Journal - Read

• Colombian miners hit out at Anglo American - The Guardian - Read

• Economic assessment of environmentally damaging mining and gas developments in New South Wales - Economists at Large/The Australia Institute - Read

• Maduro's tight win in Venezuela leaves country and mining companies in limo - Mining.com - Read

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