Metal Stocks in Society – Scientific Synthesis - Unep Dtie

Acknowledgements
Editor: International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management,
Working Group on the Global Metal Flows
Lead author: T. E. Graedel
This report is a rewritten and enhanced version based on M. D. Gerst and
T. E. Graedel, Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 7038 – 7045, 2008. Parts
of it were developed at a workshop held August 15 – 16, 2008, with the following
participants: Thomas Graedel, Yale University, USA, coordinator; A. Dubreuil, Natural
Resources Canada; Michael Gerst, Dartmouth College; Seiji Hashimoto, National
Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Yuichi Moriguchi, National Institute for
Environmental Studies, Japan; Daniel Müller, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology; Claudia Pena, CIMM, Chile; Jason Rauch, Yale University, USA;
Thompson Sinkala, School of Mines, Zambia; and Guido Sonnemann, UNEP,
France.
Guido Sonnemann, UNEP, provided valuable input and comments; the Resource
Panel’s secretariat coordinated the preparation of this report.
Thanks go to Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker and Ashok Khosla as co-chairs of the
Resource Panel, the members of the Resource Panel and the Steering Committee
for fruitful discussions. Additional comments of a technical nature were received from
some governments participating in the Steering Committee.
Helpful comments were received from several anonymous reviewers in a peer-review
process coordinated in an effi cient and constructive way by Lea Kauppi together
with the Resource Panel secretariat. The preparation of this report also benefi tted
from discussions with many colleagues at various meetings, although the main
responsibility for mistakes will remain with the authors.
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