[ Mise en œuvre du système d’études d’impact environnemental dans le secteur minier Congolais : Une vision stratégique de développement durable ou une approche conceptuelle ? ]
Volume 28, Issue 2, January 2020, Pages 487–497
Jérôme R. CIGOROGO1, E.D. MUSIBONO2, I.C. NSIMANDA3, and Ifuta Ndey4
1 Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
3 Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
4 Département de l’environnement, Faculté de sciences, Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: French
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We start from the conception that the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to promote sustainable development and that sustainable development is the response to the ecological and social crisis that is now manifest in a globalized manner. Particularly the exploitation of projects likely to generate impacts on the bio-physical and socio-economic environment. Has DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) known the promotion of sustainable development after having introduced the EIA from 2002 through mining code fifteen years later? Does the implementation of the EIA system in the Congolese mining sector actually constitute a strategic vision for sustainable development or a conceptual approach? Or more concretely: does the implementation of the EIA system in the industrial mining sector in DRC get along with the principles of sustainable development? After collecting and processing data related to the implementation of EIA in the Congolese mining sector, we have reached after analyzing results the conclusion that the implementation of EIA in the Congolese mining sector does not accommodate the principles of sustainable development and has not significantly contributed to the promotion of the socio-economic development of present and future generations, and therefore does not constitute a strategic vision for sustainable development in the DRC.
Author Keywords: environmental impact, mining sector, sustainable development, conceptual approach, Congo.
Volume 28, Issue 2, January 2020, Pages 487–497
Jérôme R. CIGOROGO1, E.D. MUSIBONO2, I.C. NSIMANDA3, and Ifuta Ndey4
1 Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
2 Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
3 Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
4 Département de l’environnement, Faculté de sciences, Université de Kinshasa, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
We start from the conception that the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to promote sustainable development and that sustainable development is the response to the ecological and social crisis that is now manifest in a globalized manner. Particularly the exploitation of projects likely to generate impacts on the bio-physical and socio-economic environment. Has DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) known the promotion of sustainable development after having introduced the EIA from 2002 through mining code fifteen years later? Does the implementation of the EIA system in the Congolese mining sector actually constitute a strategic vision for sustainable development or a conceptual approach? Or more concretely: does the implementation of the EIA system in the industrial mining sector in DRC get along with the principles of sustainable development? After collecting and processing data related to the implementation of EIA in the Congolese mining sector, we have reached after analyzing results the conclusion that the implementation of EIA in the Congolese mining sector does not accommodate the principles of sustainable development and has not significantly contributed to the promotion of the socio-economic development of present and future generations, and therefore does not constitute a strategic vision for sustainable development in the DRC.
Author Keywords: environmental impact, mining sector, sustainable development, conceptual approach, Congo.
Abstract: (french)
Nous partons de la conception que la mise en œuvre des Etudes d’Impact Environnemental (EIE) a pour finalité la promotion du développement durable et que le développement durable est la réponse face à la crise écologique et sociale qui se manifeste désormais de manière mondialisée suite notamment l’exploitation des projets susceptibles de générer des impacts sur l’environnement bio-physique et socio-économique. La RDC (République Démocratique du Congo) ayant introduit les EIE à partir de 2002 à travers le code minier a-t-elle connu quinze ans plus tard la promotion du développement durable ? La mise en application du système d’EIE dans le secteur minier congolais constitue-t-il effectivement une vision stratégique de développement durable ou alors une approche conceptuelle, ou plus concrètement : est-ce que la mise en œuvre du système d’EIE en RDC dans le secteur minier industriel s’accommode-t-elle avec les principes de développement durable ? Après collecte et traitement des données en rapport avec la mise en œuvre des EIE dans le secteur minier congolais, nous avons abouti, après analyse des résultats, à la conclusion selon laquelle la mise en œuvre des EIE dans le secteur minier congolais ne s’accommode pas avec les principes de développement durable et n’a pas significativement contribué à la promotion du développement socio-économique des générations présentes ni futures que par conséquent elle ne constitue pas une vision stratégique de développement durable en RDC.
Author Keywords: impact environnemental, secteur minier, développement durable, approche conceptuelle, Congo.
How to Cite this Article
Jérôme R. CIGOROGO, E.D. MUSIBONO, I.C. NSIMANDA, and Ifuta Ndey, “Implementation of the environmental impact assessment system in the Congolese mining sector : A strategic vision for sustainable development or a conceptual approach ?,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 487–497, January 2020.
