CIRAN (CrItical RAw materials extraction in enviroNmentally protected areas)

🎧 Have you listened to the CIRAN Podcast series “Reconciling Two Societal Needs: Resource Extraction and Nature Conservation” yet? In case you have missed it, the CIRAN project 🌱 ⛏️ 🌍 has been launching a new episode every second Tuesday, all of them available from the PodBean App or website so that you can listen to them anytime from wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️ The episodes are also available through the CIRAN website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dA5Kff7D & on YouTube 💻 https://lnkd.in/edTiwgSz 👉 Watch now this short clip from Episode 1 with Dumitru Fornea (MERIDIAN & European Economic and Social Committee), addressing: ✔️ Global supply chains ✔️ Strategies for Europe’s resilience ✔️ Effective risk management in sourcing CRMs & Go listen to E1 for more! 🎧 https://lnkd.in/ds7_TcQi International Raw Materials Observatory alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Generator+ Consulting LPRC - La Palma Research Centre MacCabe Durney Barnes Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) Vitor Correia W. Eberhard Falck Anita Stein Luís Rosendo Helena Robert i Campos

📢 WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THE 2nd PROJECT YEAR ✅ 👏 Now that we're coming closer to the end of 2024, CIRAN is proud to have concluded another successful project year, full of insightful discussions, events with local communities, international conferences and opportunities, and communication and dissemination materials showcasing project results. We wish you a pleasant winter holiday ❄️ and invite you to discover all of what's been happening in our project during the second half of 2024 in our latest newsletter 📰 , which highlights the following key moments: ✅ CIRAN Consortium Meeting, External Experts' workshop & Review Meeting in Bologna, Italy 🗣️ Local communities' engagement WP5 events in autumn 2024 🎙️ CIRAN Podcast Series: Available E1, E2, and E3. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dA5Kff7D 🌍 International conferences, clustering events, RMW, and more! 📰 New scientific publications and latest project outputs. Check out the CIRAN posters here: https://lnkd.in/dVECz-wH 💡 Open Calls & Where to meet us next 🌟 CIRAN would like to express its gratitude to WP leaders and partners who have thoroughly led and extensively contributed to all Tasks in the now concluded Work Packages 2, 3, and 4: Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) Nike Luodes (Ferraris) Nikolas Ovaskainen MacCabe Durney Barnes Sybil Berne LPRC - La Palma Research Centre Helena Robert i Campos Luís Lopes ISPRA Mauro Lucarini Regione Emilia-Romagna Christian Marasmi W. Eberhard Falck Vitor Correia Stay tuned: Interesting materials to showcase their work are coming up in 2025!! 📊 Read our recently published newsletter 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d-vCtCbf SUBSCRIBE 👉 https://ciranproject.eu/ We will be back on the 7th of January, fully recharged 🔋 International Raw Materials Observatory LPRC - La Palma Research Centre Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Generator+ Consulting MacCabe Durney Barnes Regione Emilia-Romagna ISPRA Ronald Arvidsson Minja Marijanski CIRAN Newsletter #4 - Issue December 2024 https://lnkd.in/d-vCtCbf

❄️ 🎧 Winter has just begun! We know the holiday season is approaching, so, if you haven't listened to the CIRAN #Podcast series “Reconciling Two Societal Needs: Resource Extraction and Nature Conservation” yet, this is your chance to do so! ☕ The CIRAN project has been launching a new episode of the series every second Tuesday, all of them available from the PodBean App or website. You can listen to them anytime from wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️ You will find all episodes on the CIRAN website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dA5Kff7D & on YouTube 💻 https://lnkd.in/edTiwgSz 👉 We leave you with a short clip from #Episode3 with MEP Hildegard Bentele (European People's Party - European Parliament), lead negotiator for the #CriticalRawMaterialsAct #CRMA. An insightful conversation on: ✔️ Securing a domestic #CRMsupply to protect national security interests ✔️ Risks for #Europe of heavily relying on CRMs from other countries with different strategic priorities and geopolitical conflicts. & Don't miss the opportunity to listen to E3 for more! 🎧 https://lnkd.in/d8qQaiCP 📅 Save the Date: We'll we back with Episode 4 of the #CIRANPodcast on the 7th of January 2025! International Raw Materials Observatory alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Generator+ Consulting LPRC - La Palma Research Centre MacCabe Durney Barnes Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) Vitor Correia W. Eberhard Falck Anita Stein Luís Rosendo Helena Robert i Campos Ronald Arvidsson

🎧 The new CIRAN #Podcast series “Reconciling Two Societal Needs: Resource Extraction and Nature Conservation” is surely a great addition to your to-do's list for the winter break! ✔️ ❄️ In case you have missed it, the CIRAN project 🌱 ⛏️ 🌍 has been launching a new episode every second Tuesday, all of them available from the PodBean App or website so that you can listen to them anytime from wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️ - Also during the holidays! You will find all episodes on the CIRAN website 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dA5Kff7D & on YouTube 💻 https://lnkd.in/edTiwgSz 👉 Here's a preview from Episode 2 with Jorge Cristino (Former EDM - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, S.A. Board Member) addressing: ✔️ Circular economy, through recycling and reuse actions ✔️ Minimising resource consumption ✔️ Mitigating environmental impacts related to CRM extraction and processing & Listen to E2 for more! 🎧 https://lnkd.in/dbm7twzS International Raw Materials Observatory alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Generator+ Consulting LPRC - La Palma Research Centre MacCabe Durney Barnes Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) Vitor Correia W. Eberhard Falck Anita Stein Luís Rosendo Helena Robert i Campos

Now is your final chance to secure your spot for #IRTC25 at the early bird rate. Don’t miss out! 📍 Ljubljana, Slovenia 🗓️ February 19-21, 2025 Explore how policies translate into real-world practices at IRTC25 in Ljubljana, where researchers, industry players, policymakers, and thought leaders convene to delve into the latest innovations and strategies shaping the future of critical raw materials. Over three dynamic days, this event will gather participants from around the globe to explore the most pressing issues and new advancements in critical raw materials. Learn more and sign up for the conference here: https://lnkd.in/dPr8Uh99 We can’t wait to see you in Ljubljana in February! #CRM #ResourceManagement #Criticality

On top of the article's conclusions, I would like to add that the motto "green or greed" used in the speeches of some NGOs reveals that environmental protection is not the only issue; these groups also challenge existing socio-economic models (the "greed" part), and this is a call for developing novel (better and fairer) social contracts.

🔊 From the 9th until the 13th of December 2024, CIRAN proudly participated in another edition of the #RawMaterialsWeek held at the Le Plaza Hotel in Brussels. Organised by the European Commission – Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG Growth), the Raw Materials Week is the largest policy event on raw materials, yearly organised since 2016. It attracted over 1,000 participants from industry, administration, civil society, research and academia to discuss the #future of #rawmaterials in #Europe. 🗣️ CIRAN's participation in the 2024 RMW has been twofold: 🌱 Minja Marijanski, Environmental Specialist and Project Manager from our Consortium partner organisation Proman Consulting, was invited by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - UNECE Sustainable Energy to present CIRAN’s work at the 7th Event on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (#UNFC) and the United Nations Resource Management System (#UNRMS) 🌍 W. Eberhard Falck, one of CIRAN's coordinators from the International Raw Materials Observatory, was a guest speaker at the START - HE PROJECT workshop with Filipe Neves (LNEG), a Side Event at the RMW gathering experiences from other projects EU-funded #research and #innovation projects working on #CRM #sustainability #SLO #supplychains: GSEU - Geological Service for Europe - Francesco Pizzocolo FutuRaM project – GeoZS - Geological Survey of Slovenia CRM-geothermal – Katrin Kieling (Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre GFZ) SUPREEMO Horizon Europe – Arne Petter Ratvik (SINTEF) REESOURCE – Carlos Escudero-Oñate (Institute for Energy Technology) REPTiS – Artem Yarovinsky (VELTA LLC) CIRAN is proud to be part of these meaningful discussions, contributing to the global dialogue on #CRMs and #sustainability. Events like the EU Raw Materials Week reinforce the importance of innovation, cooperation across projects and initiatives, and the need for forward-thinking approaches in navigating the challenges of balancing natural resource management, circularity, economic growth, and sustainability. 👉 Read all about it in our News section! Visit our website here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dibmp8KP International Raw Materials Observatory alda* - European Association for Local Democracy LPRC - La Palma Research Centre Regione Emilia-Romagna ISPRA Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) MacCabe Durney Barnes Generator+ Consulting

We are delighted to have been part of this great event with the representation of the CIRAN coordinator W. Eberhard Falck (International Raw Materials Observatory) on the 10 Dec 2024. We thank all participating projects, the audience, and the START - HE PROJECT organisers for this opportunity! 👏 Look forward to fostering this collaboration further! #research #innovation #sustainability #CRMs FutuRaM project GSEU - Geological Service for Europe CRM-geothermal SUPREEMO Horizon Europe REESOURCE REPTiS #RawMaterialsWeek European Commission European Research Executive Agency (REA) 👉 Check out the latest CIRAN news & resources here 🔗 https://ciranproject.eu/

We were delighted to see VECTOR recognised as one of the #EUHorizon projects contributing towards the application of #UNFC within the critical raw materials space in presentations during the United Nations Tools for Resource Management Session at EU Raw Materials Week today, co-organised by UNECE, and GSEU - Geological Service for Europe and FutuRaM projects. VECTOR research contributes to a greater understanding of social, environmental and geoscience challenges to #mining within #Europe, helping to provide key insights as to how these integrate within UNFC assessments.

📚 Read the new article outlining the results of CIRAN (CrItical RAw materials extraction in enviroNmentally protected areas) Work Package 5 - Task 5.1 led by alda* - European Association for Local Democracy aiming to map and unveil the narratives in public debate about #mining across different geographical contexts in #Europe 👉 Read the full paper by Vitor Correia, Luís Rosendo, and W. Eberhard Falck published in issue 57 of the #EuropeanGeologist journal: https://lnkd.in/dUXZDwhF International Raw Materials Observatory Generator+ Consulting alda* - European Association for Local Democracy LPRC - La Palma Research Centre Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) MacCabe Durney Barnes Regione Emilia-Romagna ISPRA