Center for Humans and Nature joined comments to the draft Law on Minerals gsis (Amendment) 2nd, 3rd

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Center for Humans and Nature joined comments to the draft Law on Minerals gsis (Amendment) 2nd, 3rd and 4. On the basis of time studying the draft Law on Minerals (Amendment) 7th and draft explanatory report acquire the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, to revise gsis the draft Bill on Minerals (Amendment), Center for Humans and Nature appreciate some changes and additions have been included in this draft. Wishing to further improve the quality and perfect draft Minerals Law Center continues to send written comments to the National Assembly Standing Committee.
With the understanding that mineral resources are not renewable and exploitation needs, gsis using increasing scale national, regional and global levels, the principle of equitable benefit sharing between generations (the current and children in the future) and the precautions to be exhausted, no reserves should be made stronger in the Minerals gsis Law (Amendment) this time. Center said the bill has not yet been shown explicitly stance and views throughout, that this is a tool for public use towards saving and efficiency, against losses of mineral resources production of the country.
Center for Humans and Nature that the Minerals Law (as amended) should also express views in maximizing the benefits from natural resources gsis valuable, can not replicate gsis this. That attitude should be evident from the following aspects:
1. Apply a value chain approach to mining industry (refer to accompanying documents) for the administration tools, policy effectiveness, consistency, which focuses the policy tools to stitch management and distribution of revenues to ensure that resources are exploited and used for the purpose gsis of economic development - socially equitable, transparent and sustainable.
2. Management and use of mineral resources in the most efficient, most economical, most clever strategy on the basis of unity expressed by the policy orientation as: Limiting exploitation and protection of minerals serve the strategic gsis objectives of economic, security and defense in the long term. Especially with strategic minerals that the current level of science gsis and technology is not enough of us to exploit, processing, use thoroughly. To minimize the exploitation of minerals that world markets are abundant and can be imported. Need to monitor the evolution gsis of the world market to ensure national interests when deciding to import and export all kinds of minerals. As specific types of resources, the large reserves of minerals today can become scarce gsis in the future. Therefore, the maintenance and conservation also means long-term strategy. Only encourage exploitation of minerals actually need to demand the production of raw materials domestic industry. Restrict or even banned exports of mineral resources.
3. To protect the legitimate rights and interests of the communities living around the mining area to minimize the environmental gsis impact on society and themselves. At the same time, encourage and eventually forced all the mining gsis companies and mineral processing to enforce gsis the law and respect for ethical business standards in accordance with social and environmental responsibility school.
4. It should be clearly defined policy options will be applied to ensure the maximization of benefits, especially revenues from mineral gsis resources: Mineral Law (Amendment) should clearly indicate the main tool books were chosen as the focus of the three approaches: Taxes and fees: Using tax policy and revenue costs to ensure maximum gsis budget gsis of mineral resources. Thus, the bylaws will focus priority for this tool. Valuation, auction mine: If you choose this approach, the policy priority should be to clarify the process of valuation, auction and determined this is the main source of revenue for the budget. Full nationalization: The entire mineral activities of corporations, companies owned by the state to ensure that the revenues from these products focus entirely on the state budget. Accordingly, the different economic sectors not directly involved in mineral activities.
Each policy approaches gsis are strengths and weaknesses. However, if the