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A NATO Advanced Research Workshop is taking place from 25 September to 1 October in Portoroz, Slovenia, to review Sustainable Mineral Resource Management in Karst areas. Funded by NATO and organised by the US Department of Agriculture and the Geological Survey of Slovenia, the workshop is bringing together experts from 22 countries to identify gaps in knowledge and determine how science can support sustainable resources management in karst areas.
Karst areas are irregular limestone regions with sinks, underground streams and caverns, which are important sources of both minerals and water. In many countries in Western, Central and Eastern Europe the character and functioning of karst systems are being altered and degraded by quarrying and ground water removals. To date it has been difficult to identify appropriate and publicly acceptable resources management policies, because of the multi-disciplinary nature of the problem. It is widely agreed that the model for land and resource management in the future will be sustainable development. Sustainable development entails satisfying human needs, improving the quality of life, protecting natural resources and enhancing the human, natural and physical capital. This NATO workshop will investigate the applicability of sustainable development principles to mineral resource management in karst areas.