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{"title":"\"Like an abandoned son\": Clientelism, assistentialism, and state failure in Amazon oil benefit sharing policies","authors":"Danilo Borja,&nbsp;Conny Davidsen","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105461","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105461","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Local benefit sharing is a highly relevant and unresolved topic in natural resources policy and research. This study examines local <em>de facto</em> outcomes of Ecuador's 2010 hydrocarbon policy reform in which the state legally assumed welfare responsibilities of communities affected by oil drilling, a role that oil companies had prior occupied in the country's emerging oil boom.</div><div>Using political ecology lenses, this paper reveals how local clientelist and assistentialist relationships between oil companies and Indigenous Waorani communities have predominated in the region and affected the intended outcomes of the policy reform. These political dynamics enabled <em>de facto</em> arrangements of benefit sharing, wherein Waorani actors received continuing benefits from oil companies despite the reform's formal cancelling of these provisions. Moreover, the study shows how clientelist relationships continued through the state's policy reform as the state also failed to fulfill its reform promise to provide benefits at the local level.</div><div>Drawing on an extended empirical fieldwork data set of interviews, document reviews, and participant observation at local, regional, and national levels, the case study illustrates local realities of extractive policy implementation in the Yasuni Amazon rainforest, which offers valuable empirical lessons on unintended <em>de facto</em> outcomes of benefit-sharing policy efforts at the intersection of resource extractive conflicts, Indigenous interests, and conservation goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105461"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gold mining and social accountability: An empirical approach in Colombia","authors":"Adrián Saldarriaga-Isaza ,&nbsp;Fernando Flórez-Herrera ,&nbsp;Marcela Ibáñez-Diaz","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105486","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105486","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper aims to understand the impact of potential gold mining on social accountability. By using the Mediation Analysis method, we have developed an impact evaluation for a region of Colombia, through an empirical strategy that allows for the comparison of municipalities with and without potential gold mining. Our model's estimation considered two set of indicators: social accountability and social capital, which underwent Principal Component Analysis. We found that potential gold mining has a positive effect on social accountability, meaning that in municipalities with gold mining potential there is a greater use of participation tools, surveillance and control mechanisms by the local community. This effect is mediated by social capital, i.e., social capital causes the population of gold mining municipalities to implement social accountability. Some policy recommendations and conclusions are presented below.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105486"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is America dematerializing? Trends and tradeoffs in historic demand for one hundred commodities in the United States","authors":"Iddo K. Wernick","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105463","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We introduce a broad yet detailed data framework to assess the physical basis of modern industrial societies based on trends in their commodity demand. Using the example of the United States from 1900 to 2020, we consider both absolute commodity demand (ABS) and demand indexed to economic activity, otherwise known as intensity of use (IOU), for one hundred commodities that constitute the bulk of the material entering the US economy annually. The commodities selected are generally raw materials that enter the economy as industrial inputs that are further processed and incorporated into intermediate and finished products. The data show that ABS for nearly all the 100 commodities rose steadily until 1970 with IOU consistently rising for many as well. After that time, the trends for different groups of commodities start to diverge. Comparing ABS and IOU for the years 1970 and 2020 brings into focus the divergent trends. We find that for many metals and mineral commodities, domestic consumption fell over the last half century, though much of this missing consumption may represent production displaced to other locations. For a larger cross section of commodities, consumption grew but more slowly than the rest of the economy, as per capita consumption for many basic industrial and consumer commodities remained roughly steady. For a small group of commodities, including technology metals, consumption grew faster than the rest of the economy between 1970 and 2020. By examining a large range of commodities over time, we develop a disaggregated framework for more rigorously assessing whether contemporary industrial societies are dematerializing, that is, reducing the amount of physical material necessary for their economies to function. Though restricted to the United States, this study has relevance to other countries around the world in elucidating the underlying physical basis of modern economies with implications for environmental quality, economic competitiveness, and national security.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105463"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Achieving development goals via digital government strategies for a sustainable digital economy that integrate natural resource governance and energy security","authors":"Minqiang Zhang ,&nbsp;Jia Hou ,&nbsp;Yishu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105330","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105330","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study examines the revolutionary advantages of digital banking and environmentally friendly finance in accelerating the shift to green energy in the BRICS nations. It analyzes the impact of the Natural Resource Governance Index, reasonable funding, the economy, and the use of resources on clean energy sources using state-of-the-art economic methods such as FMOLS, DOLS, FE-OLS, and MMQR. The study finds a strong correlation between the growth of green energy, technological and economic growth, the digital inclusion index, and the usage of natural resources. Blockchain advances and readily available green lending options positively influence the widespread use of environmentally friendly energy practices. The research highlights the significance of protecting the digital inclusion index and advancing environmental management, providing recommendations for tactics that use technology and sustainability funding to support environmentally friendly practices and regulations. The study emphasizes the importance of transitioning to ecologically sound control of natural assets and innovations in finance for environmentally friendly growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105330"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Harnessing digitalization to enhance private finance in resource-rich industries","authors":"Yuyan Lei","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105371","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105371","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Private investment, particularly in the fossil fuels industry, plays a crucial role in the sustainability puzzle for many countries. This study investigates the impact of digital innovation on private investment in resource-rich sectors, specifically fossil fuels, using data from 25 high-income countries between 2000 and 2022. The findings of CS-ARDL technique reveal that a 1% increase in the ICT development index leads to a short-term decrease of 0.34% in green deployment but a long-term increase of 0.60% in private investment. Additionally, the relationship between CO2 emissions and private investment in fossil fuels shows a short-term decline of 0.19%, followed by a long-term increase of 0.40%. While foreign direct investment (FDI) initially has a negative effect, it later contributes to technological advancements. Factors such as trade openness and patent registrations also facilitate private investment. The study recommends policies to promote digital technology adoption, public-private partnerships, information sharing, and support for research and development initiatives to drive sustainable investment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105371"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Revising the ‘Economic importance’ dimension: The European framework for critical raw materials, completed and illustrated using lithium","authors":"Georges Daw","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In demand since time immemorial, increasingly used as intermediate consumption and at the heart of energy and digital transitions, mineral substances are vital to the functioning of economies. While all are important, not all are strategic, and even less so, critical (as lithium). The European Union depends on them. Since 2010, the European Commission has produced statistics evaluating a broad and extensible set of criticality sub-indicators integrated in a two-dimensional matrix (Supply Risk, SR, and Economic Importance, EI) and a list of critical substances based on a combination of SR and EI, updated every 3 years. This article takes a closer look at one of these dimensions, namely the EI one. Our proposed dimension, \"Economic effect, EE\", integrates cost of using raw materials. Articulated in coherence with EI and assessed over the most recent period, it is compared with EI for lithium. EE suggests a systematically higher criticality than EI. Lithium stands out as 4% more critical. The dynamics of its criticality, on the other hand, is non-monotonic, enriching that of EI. The article also numerically illustrates the prospective use of SR, EI and EE. In addition, an up-to-date overview of lithium (markets, uses, production costs, supply, demand, prices, stocks and trade) has been provided, both for the EU and worldwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105453"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143156826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rare earth elements and the US renewable economy: A causality exploration between critical materials and clean energy","authors":"Panagiotis Cheilas ,&nbsp;Tryfonas Christou ,&nbsp;Sotiris Karkalakos ,&nbsp;Constantina Kottaridi ,&nbsp;Panayotis G. Michaelides","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105491","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105491","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rare Earth Elements (REE) are central to the shift towards a green economy because of their unique physicochemical characteristics. These critical materials are both strategic materials that are utilised in wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles among others. Globally, as renewable energy sources are used more frequently, the demand for REEs increases, posing various challenges, especially since China dominates most of the supply chain. This paper examines the REEs and renewable energy consumption in the United States of America (USA), an economic superpower, for the period 1991–2023, using Granger causality tests and other relevant time series techniques. The empirical findings of this paper demonstrate that consumption of REEs causes renewable energy generation, which supports the notion of the centrality of REEs in the development of green energy. Such outcomes underscore the importance of supply chain diversification, the holding of strategic reserves, and the promotion of recycling technologies in order to minimise the risks of supply and ensure a stable transition to clean technologies. These findings can help policymakers design policies for the acquisition of strategic materials and the fostering of sustainable growth of clean energy industries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105491"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Geostatistical and geochemical assessment of illegal artisanal mining impacts in Southern Hamisana, Sudan","authors":"Kholoud M. Abdel Maksoud ,&nbsp;Mouataz T. Mostafa ,&nbsp;Sabri M. Sabri ,&nbsp;Wael M. Al-Metwaly","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artisanal and small-scale illegal mining, characterized by unregulated and environmentally destructive extraction methods, may pose severe environmental impacts. Heavy metal (HM) contamination from artisanal mining in Southern Hamisana, Sudan, was systematically investigated and evaluated. This study assessed HM concentrations, spatial distribution, sources, contamination levels, and associated health risks in 30 surface soil samples using geochemical analysis, statistical techniques, and risk assessment models. Geochemical analysis revealed mean concentrations of 757, 111, and 27 mg/kg for As, Pb, and Hg, respectively, significantly exceeding global background levels. Pearson correlation and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were employed to differentiate distinct anthropogenic sources, primarily linked to illegal mining activities, with three components: PC1 (Ni, Cr, Cu); PC2 (As, Hg); and PC3 (Pb, Cd). Pollution indices, including the geoaccumulation index (I_geo) and contamination factor (CF), indicated severe contamination, particularly for As (I_geo up to 5.54, CF up to 108.31) and Hg (I_geo up to 6.28, CF up to 116.25). The ecological risk index (RI) highlighted high ecological risk (RI &gt; 600) for Hg and As, with an average RI value of 1500 and a maximum of 5744 at site G17. Health risk assessments revealed significant non-carcinogenic risks for children, with hazard quotient through ingestion (HQ_ing) values of 3.23E+13 for As and 1.15E+12 for Hg, and carcinogenic risks with total carcinogenic risk (TCR) values of 1.46E+10 for As. This evaluation highlights the urgent need for stringent regulatory frameworks and remediation to counter artisanal mining impacts, offering vital insights for effective management and ecosystem restoration in Southern Hamisana.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105479"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Oil extraction, private investment, and sustainable economic development in China","authors":"Ting Su,&nbsp;Hui Zhang,&nbsp;Rhee Kyonggu","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105438","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105438","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study uses time series analysis of ARDL from 1985 to 2022 to evaluate the impacts of oil extraction volume and Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) on China's sustainable economic development. It finds that a 1% increase in oil extraction volume leads to a 0.54% reduction in sustainability in the short term and a 0.41% reduction in the long term. The short-term impact is more pronounced due to immediate environmental costs, though it lessens over time with improved technology and regulations. PPI investments show an insignificant effect on sustainability, likely due to their indirect impact and varying quality. Increased digital device production positively influences sustainability in both the short and long term, while income inequality (GINI index) negatively affects it. In contrast, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) boost sustainability through local economic growth and innovation. Policy recommendations include stricter environmental regulations for oil extraction, promoting digital finance for private investment, tax incentives for green projects, and enhanced ESG reporting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105438"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143156828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variability and classification of illegal gold mining in French Guiana for impact-based territorial planning","authors":"Nina Fermet-Quinet ,&nbsp;Yann Gunzburger ,&nbsp;Rasool Mehdizadeh ,&nbsp;Ottone Scammacca ,&nbsp;Sébastien Linarès","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Illegal gold mining (IGM) is responsible for numerous environmental, social, and economic threats throughout the world. This is also the case in French Guiana (FG), where IGM causes impacts such as deforestation and the contamination of the food chain with methylmercury, among others. Since 2002, to address and mitigate these impacts, the French government has started taking actions and now treats IGM as a real matter of public policy and environmental governance. Despite the growing involvement of various public organizations and scientific communities, numerous challenges linked to the complexity of IGM in the middle of the Amazonian rainforest still result in a gap in applied scientific knowledge partially because of the difficulty to access the field. To improve long-term territorial planning in FG and optimize authority's efforts in terms of risk management, it is first necessary to better characterize and distinguish the different types of IGM practices, to determine their respective impacts on the territory, and to set action priorities. In FG, the existence of an observatory specifically devoted to IGM monitoring represents a unique opportunity to quantitively characterize and classify those activities. This paper presents an in-depth statistical analysis of a georeferenced database provided by this observatory, completed by individual interviews and sites visits. The result is a comprehensive classification of IGM practices in FG into five distinct types of illegal mining sites, based on six criteria (e.g., type of gold deposit, mining techniques), along with their detailed characteristics and inherent variabilities. The proposed classification is structured to distinctly differentiate the nature and the extent of the impacts of these five types of sites. Two of them are particularly detailed in this study, outlining their technical characteristics and their associated variability from site to site. The proposed classification and characterization of IGM in FG are essential for the development of realistic prospective territorial scenarios, and for their impact analysis. Although context-specific, the methodology proposed in this study has the potential to be applied to other countries facing similar IGM related issues, given the presence of equivalent databases or the willingness to create one.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"101 ","pages":"Article 105485"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143156824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}