Maseru, Sept. 27 – Environmentalists and those in mining and energy converged in Maseru on Friday, in attendance for a one-day Mining and Energy Khotla conference.
Issues discussed during the conference include the importance of Environmental Impacts Assessment (EIA) and its compliance to it by extractive industries as well as technologies and investment opportunities to mention but a few.
Speaking on EIA, Ms. Nthapeliseng Nthama of the Civil Society Organisation Policy Environmental Justice and Water Resources Management (PEWA) stated the importance of this type of study as a tool used to assess the significant effects of project or development proposal on the environment…