Building resilience in mine impacted communities through community capitals: Health service delivery in Papua New Guinea

Mining is generally perceived to bring benefits through compensation, royalty payments and other types of assistance to the landowners and surrounding communities. In Papua New Guinea, however, many mining communities lack access to basic services, including health. This paper presents results from a study conducted in three mine-impacted communities in Papua New Guinea based on building resilience through community capitals collaboratively by the stakeholders. This endeavour can sustain service delivery in all stages of mining: beginning, operational and beyond mine closure. To achieve sustainable communities, resilience must be built through the development and interaction of these capitals.