PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The extractive sector—the mining, quarrying, dredging, oil and gas extraction industries—plays an important role in the global economic landscape, contributing significantly to the GDP of its host countries. These industries are capable of contributing to the sustainable development of communities and to the wider economy when interventions are implemented, taking into consideration the rights of the people most affected.
Within this context, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Trade and Economic Development Unit (TEDU) is staging a conference entitled Achieving Sustainability in Regions with Extractive Industry, on June 14 from 9am. The extractive sector—the mining, quarrying, dredging, oil and gas extraction industries—plays an important role in the global economic landscape, contributing significantly to the GDP of its host countries. These industries are capable of contributing to the sustainable development of communities and to the wider economy when interventions are implemented, taking into consideration the rights of the people most affected.