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| author | Tulilehto, Mari Lempinen, Hanna Suopajärvi, Leena Kotavaara, Ossi |
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| contents | <p>AGEMERA project task 2.1 focuses on developing a questionnaire to address the localacceptance and sustainability of mineral exploration and mining (SLE/SLO) in case-study areas. The questionnaire includes a SoftGIS component that enables thecollection of geographically anchored, detailed place-specific social and cultural data.This executive summary presents the key themes and features of the pilot version ofthe survey (project deliverable 2.1). The experience gained from piloting the survey willbe utilized in further developing the questionnaire in different language versions forthe launch and follow-up in project case-study areas during the project period.</p> <p>The questionnaire presented in this executive summary is an unofficial translation ofthe pilot questionnaire that will be tested in the project case-study areas of Kuusamo,Posio, and Rovaniemi, Finland. This pilot version is not intended for use in other projectcase-study areas.</p> <p>Thematically, the survey has a twofold focus: it includes items focusing on differentaspects of social acceptance as well as items targeting different dimensions of socialsustainability. While there is significant overlap between the notions of socialacceptance/social license to operate and social sustainability, the analytical scope ofsocial sustainability is both geographically and temporally broader. The double interestin acceptability and sustainability is what distinguishes the AGEMERA pilot surveyfrom most existing research instruments on mining-sector activities.</p> <p>The sections that explicitly focus on social acceptance (SLE/SLO) include various itemsaddressing the respondents’ acceptance of mineral exploration and mining in theirown regions and in general as well as their views on: the benefits and harms arisingfrom mineral exploration as well as on their just distribution; the impacts of mineralexploration on the social cohesion of their communities; the perceived opportunities toinfluence and participate in decision-making related to mineral activities; and theirtrust in various actors, entities, and institutions.</p> <p>The parts of the survey that focus predominantly on social sustainability shift the focusfrom mineral exploration and mining itself to how the respondents see the relationshipbetween planned and/or ongoing mineral sector activities and the current situationand future prospects of their communities. The items focus on the desired and lessdesired economic futures of the region and the desired and feared futures of theircommunities. Despite their broader focus, these items articulate the targeted interest in how the role of the mineral sector is seen in the socioeconomic, sociocultural, andsocioenvironmental fabric of the communities residing in the case-study areas.</p> <p>The demographic variables collected comprise the respondents’ year of birth, gender,education, socioeconomic status, home municipality, home postal code, and numberof years lived in the municipality. The questionnaire also asks about the respondents’possible earlier interactions and experiences with mineral exploration companies. Inaddition to these variables that might mediate respondents’ perceptions of mineralexploration and mining, the questionnaire also includes items that map therespondents’ environmental attitudes and concerns as well as their views oncontemporary environmental issues and climate change. These items offer valuableinsight into how the respondents perceive the relationship between the supply anddemand of metals and critical raw materials and the pressing environmentalchallenges of the Anthropocene.</p> <p>The map-based items at the end of the questionnaire offer the respondents a chanceto mark areas they view as suitable and unsuitable for mineral activities in great detail;in addition, the respondents are given a chance to further explain their selected mapareas in writing. The areas of mineral potential are highlighted on the map; thepotential areas withcritical raw materials are marked in a different colour than arethose with other metals. A separate item offers the respondents a chance to share howbig a role the potential presence of critical raw materials had in their selection of areason the map, shedding light on the respondents’ acceptance of mineral exploration andmining specifically in the context of critical raw materials.T</p> <p>he research data will be gathered, processed, and used in accordance with theGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as strict ethical guidelines. Personalinformation will be anonymized so that individual respondents cannot be identified.</p> <p>The survey will launch in Finland 3.2.2023.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Deliverable 2.1 Questionnaire about social sustainability and acceptance of mineral exploration and mining Tulilehto, Mari Lempinen, Hanna Suopajärvi, Leena Kotavaara, Ossi <p>AGEMERA project task 2.1 focuses on developing a questionnaire to address the localacceptance and sustainability of mineral exploration and mining (SLE/SLO) in case-study areas. The questionnaire includes a SoftGIS component that enables thecollection of geographically anchored, detailed place-specific social and cultural data.This executive summary presents the key themes and features of the pilot version ofthe survey (project deliverable 2.1). The experience gained from piloting the survey willbe utilized in further developing the questionnaire in different language versions forthe launch and follow-up in project case-study areas during the project period.</p> <p>The questionnaire presented in this executive summary is an unofficial translation ofthe pilot questionnaire that will be tested in the project case-study areas of Kuusamo,Posio, and Rovaniemi, Finland. This pilot version is not intended for use in other projectcase-study areas.</p> <p>Thematically, the survey has a twofold focus: it includes items focusing on differentaspects of social acceptance as well as items targeting different dimensions of socialsustainability. While there is significant overlap between the notions of socialacceptance/social license to operate and social sustainability, the analytical scope ofsocial sustainability is both geographically and temporally broader. The double interestin acceptability and sustainability is what distinguishes the AGEMERA pilot surveyfrom most existing research instruments on mining-sector activities.</p> <p>The sections that explicitly focus on social acceptance (SLE/SLO) include various itemsaddressing the respondents’ acceptance of mineral exploration and mining in theirown regions and in general as well as their views on: the benefits and harms arisingfrom mineral exploration as well as on their just distribution; the impacts of mineralexploration on the social cohesion of their communities; the perceived opportunities toinfluence and participate in decision-making related to mineral activities; and theirtrust in various actors, entities, and institutions.</p> <p>The parts of the survey that focus predominantly on social sustainability shift the focusfrom mineral exploration and mining itself to how the respondents see the relationshipbetween planned and/or ongoing mineral sector activities and the current situationand future prospects of their communities. The items focus on the desired and lessdesired economic futures of the region and the desired and feared futures of theircommunities. Despite their broader focus, these items articulate the targeted interest in how the role of the mineral sector is seen in the socioeconomic, sociocultural, andsocioenvironmental fabric of the communities residing in the case-study areas.</p> <p>The demographic variables collected comprise the respondents’ year of birth, gender,education, socioeconomic status, home municipality, home postal code, and numberof years lived in the municipality. The questionnaire also asks about the respondents’possible earlier interactions and experiences with mineral exploration companies. Inaddition to these variables that might mediate respondents’ perceptions of mineralexploration and mining, the questionnaire also includes items that map therespondents’ environmental attitudes and concerns as well as their views oncontemporary environmental issues and climate change. These items offer valuableinsight into how the respondents perceive the relationship between the supply anddemand of metals and critical raw materials and the pressing environmentalchallenges of the Anthropocene.</p> <p>The map-based items at the end of the questionnaire offer the respondents a chanceto mark areas they view as suitable and unsuitable for mineral activities in great detail;in addition, the respondents are given a chance to further explain their selected mapareas in writing. The areas of mineral potential are highlighted on the map; thepotential areas withcritical raw materials are marked in a different colour than arethose with other metals. A separate item offers the respondents a chance to share howbig a role the potential presence of critical raw materials had in their selection of areason the map, shedding light on the respondents’ acceptance of mineral exploration andmining specifically in the context of critical raw materials.T</p> <p>he research data will be gathered, processed, and used in accordance with theGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as strict ethical guidelines. Personalinformation will be anonymized so that individual respondents cannot be identified.</p> <p>The survey will launch in Finland 3.2.2023.</p> |
| title | Deliverable 2.1 Questionnaire about social sustainability and acceptance of mineral exploration and mining |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16881421 |