Fair Jewelry Action is pleased to host some of the papers of critical interest from Minerals and Sustainability Consultant, Estelle Levin.
Estelle is a development consultant with over a decade of experience advising on natural resources governance and supply chain sustainability, especially in fragile states. Estelle has Masters degrees in Human Geography from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the University of British Columbia in Canada, where, as a Commonwealth Scholar, she specialized in sustainability theory and praxis under the tutelage of Philippe Le Billon and John Robinson.
Special thanks for her permission to post these documents.
Fair Trade Minerals: Opportunities, Challenges and Finding a Way Forward For Sustainable ASM. September, 2007.
Feasibility Study For The Development Of A Fair Trade Diamond Standard And Certification System—an Executive Summery. December, 2008, prepared for Transfair USA.
Mining The Chaos In Sierra Leone’s Diamond Fields: Policy and Program Implications on the Structure of the Artisan Mining Sector in Sierra Leone. June, 2005.
Clarifying Certification: Language, Components and Process. October, 2008.
Certification and Artisanal and Small Scale Mining: An Emerging Opportunity for Sustainable Development. April, 2008. (A Community and Small Scale Mining document.)
Dealing For Development: A Study of Diamond Marketing and Pricing in Sierra Leone. March, 2006. (A Diamond Development Initiative paper).
Artisan Diamond Cooperatives in Sierra Leone: A Success or Failure? March, 2008.
Speaking Notes for a Fair Trade Presentation at a CASM Meeting in Mongolia, September, 2007.
From Poverty and War to Prosperity and Peace? Sustainable Livelihoods and Innovation in the Governance of ASM Mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone. 1999
Development and Practice: A presentation for NUI Galway, March, 2010.
