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Pamela Lesser
Researcher at University of Lapland
Publications - 17
Citations - 235
Pamela Lesser is an academic researcher from University of Lapland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental impact assessment & Public participation. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 15 publications receiving 151 citations.
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‘Social license to operate’: a relevant term in Northern European mining?
Timo Koivurova,Arild Buanes,Larissa Riabova,Vladimir Didyk,Thomas Ejdemo,Gregory A. Poelzer,Päivi Taavo,Pamela Lesser +7 more
TL;DR: The concept of social license to operate (SLO) is increasingly being used throughout the world to describe a specific aspect of company-community relations in resource-extractive projects, in particular how different actors interact to resolve, or not, the social and economic impacts on local communities and other stakeholders as discussed by the authors.
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Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining mitigation measures on social–ecological systems in Arctic and boreal regions: a systematic map protocol
Neal R. Haddaway,Neal R. Haddaway,Steven J. Cooke,Pamela Lesser,Biljana Macura,Annika E. Nilsson,Jessica J. Taylor,Kaisa Raito +7 more
TL;DR: Good research practices that may support researchers in selecting the best study designs where these are clear in the evidence base are identified.
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European mining and the social license to operate
TL;DR: The Scalar SLO Model as mentioned in this paper is inspired by Thomson and Boutilier's original conception and developed during the H2020 MIREU project to describe the SLO in Europe; however, its logic can be applied to any other jurisdiction globally.
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Challenges that mining companies face in gaining and maintaining a social license to operate in Finnish Lapland
TL;DR: The Social License to Operate (SLO) concept is significant precisely because it is bringing social issues and local communities to the forefront of the mining discourse in Lapland as discussed by the authors.
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Legal Tools of Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process and Their Application in the Countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on research of existing legal tools of public participation in the EIA process and on practical issues of their application in the countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (BEAR).