Not integrated with sustainable development goals
According to the provisions of the 2010 Law on Minerals, the establishment of a mineral strategy must ensure the following principles and bases: Conformity with strategies and plans for socio-economic development, national defense, security, and regional planning; Ensuring the need for minerals to serve sustainable socio-economic development; exploiting and using minerals economically, preventing waste; Demand for use, ability to meet domestic mineral needs and ability to cooperate internationally in the field of minerals for socio-economic development; Results of basic geological surveys of minerals that have been conducted; geological premises and signs related to minerals.
The mineral strategy must include the following main contents: Guiding viewpoints and objectives in basic geological surveys of minerals, protection of unexploited minerals, exploration, exploitation, processing and rational and economical use of minerals; Orientations for basic geological surveys of minerals, protection of unexploited minerals, exploration and exploitation of minerals for each mineral group, processing and rational and economical use of minerals after exploitation during the strategy-making period; Main tasks and solutions in basic geological surveys of minerals, protection of unexploited minerals, exploration and exploitation of minerals for each mineral group, processing and rational and economical use of minerals after exploitation; national mineral reserves.
Mineral strategy is established for a 10-year period, with a 20-year vision according to the socio-economic development strategy period.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, other ministries, ministerial-level agencies and relevant localities to develop and submit to the Prime Minister for approval the Mineral Strategy.
However, the Mineral Strategy was issued before Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW dated June 3, 2013 of the 11th Central Executive Committee on proactively responding to climate change, so the set goals have not been integrated with the goals of sustainable development and adaptation to climate change. The Mineral Strategy also does not stipulate the content of the Strategy for geology, minerals and mining industry according to the orientation of Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW on the orientation of the strategy for geology, minerals and mining industry to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
Institutionalize the viewpoints and orientations in Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW into the content of the Strategy.
In order to resolve the above problems, in the process of drafting the Law on Geology and Minerals, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has integrated the contents on sustainable development and adaptation to climate change; at the same time, institutionalized the viewpoints and orientations stated in Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW into the content of the Strategy on Geology, Minerals and Mining Industry.
Accordingly, the provisions on mineral strategy are maintained, and provisions on strategic orientation for geological resources and the mining industry are added, including: basis and principles for strategy formulation; basic content of the strategy; strategy period; responsibility of the agency in charge of formulating and submitting the Strategy to the Prime Minister for approval.
On that basis, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has developed the Draft Law on Geology and Minerals, which stipulates: The establishment of strategies for geology, minerals and mining industry must ensure the following principles and bases: Conformity with natural and socio-economic conditions; strategies and master plans for socio-economic development, national defense and security; national environmental protection strategies to ensure sustainable development; Ensuring synchronous coordination between basic geological surveys and basic geological surveys of mineral resources nationwide; exploiting and using geological resources and mineral resources rationally, economically and effectively.
At the same time, ensure the demand for minerals and other geological resources to serve sustainable socio-economic development; Results of basic geological surveys and basic geological surveys of mineral resources that have been carried out; geological premises and signs related to geological and mineral resources; In accordance with State resources in each period.
The main contents of the Strategy on Geology, Minerals and Mining Industry include: Guiding viewpoints and objectives in basic geological surveys, basic geological surveys of mineral resources; exploitation and use of minerals and geological resources; protection of unexploited and unused minerals and geological resources; exploration, exploitation, processing and rational and economical use of minerals; Orientation of basic geological surveys, basic geological surveys of mineral resources; orientation of scientific research in basic geological surveys, basic geological surveys of mineral resources in each period; coordination and integration of basic geological surveys and basic geological surveys of mineral resources of ministries, branches and localities.
In addition, there are also the following contents: Orientation for exploitation and use of geological resources, protection of unexploited geological resources and minerals; exploration and exploitation of minerals for each group of minerals, processing and rational and economical use of minerals after exploitation during the strategy-making period; Main tasks and solutions in basic geological surveys, basic geological surveys of mineral resources; exploitation and use of minerals and geological resources; protection of unexploited and unused minerals and geological resources; exploration and exploitation of minerals for each group of minerals, processing and rational and economical use of minerals after exploitation; national mineral resource reserves.
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