Legal and Institutional Barriers to Collaboration Relating to Orphaned/Abandoned Mines

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Abstract – Ottawa, February 24-25, 2003

This report captures proceedings of the Workshop on Legal and Institutional Barriers to Collaboration Relating to Orphaned/Abandoned Mines (OAMs). The workshop was held on February 24th and 25th , 2003 in Ottawa, Ontario. The contents of these Proceedings include an introduction and background information to the Workshop, summaries of the detailed contextual presentatio ns that set the stage for improving collaboration among the government departments and stakeholders, and highlights of the substantive discussion and path forward for addressing the barriers to collaboration and preferred options that would allow third parties to collaborate on clean-up and manage liabilities related to orphaned/abandoned mines.