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Planning for the social impacts of mine closure is essential to an effective closure process, especially in developing countries where impoverishment can lead to a high level of mine dependency. This article presents the initial results of a study that seeks to monitor and improve social wellbeing and sustainability through mine closure. The research responds to an initiative by a network of community environmental organisations in the Peruvian Andes interested in improving the sustainability of the social outcomes of mines in their communities. The research adapted value-focused decision analysis (R. Keeney, Value Focused Thinking: A Path to Creative Decision-Making, University Press, Harvard, 1992), a methodology...