ICMM's Good Practice Guidance on Mining and Biodiversity - IPIECA

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Environmental Management Systems • Corporate commitment – Components of a biodiversity policy statement • Determining significant biodiversity aspects • Establishing targets and objectives – Clear goals need to be set and communicated to stakeholders • Biodiversity action plans – Mechanisms to achieve biodiversity conservation objectives and targets • Implementation considerations – Accountabilities and budgets should be assigned to each action • Checking and corrective action – Changes in biodiversity attributes should be monitored • Monitoring and reporting – Provides a method of measuring progress • Management review and continuous improvement – Senior management should review relevance and success of the EMS
Desirability Mitigation and Rehabilitation Tools Selection of mitigation measures – Where should the relative emphasis between rehabilitation & offsets lie? Figure 7.1 Hierarchy of biodiversity mitigation measures Most Avoid Alternative sites or technologies to avoid impacts Minimise Actions to mimimise impacts during design, construction, etc. Rectify Actions to rehabilitate or restore the affected environment Least Compensate Used as a last resort to offset impacts Source: Rio Tinto (2004)
Page 1 and 2: Good Pract
Page 3 and 4: Background “Mining, minerals and
Page 5 and 6: ICMM Corporate Members
Page 7 and 8: Improving performance through a man
Page 9 and 10: Public Reporting • ICMM is the la
Page 11 and 12: Supporting the Framework • ICMM w
Page 13 and 14: The business case for biodiversity
Page 15 and 16: Scope of GPG • Understand the int
Page 17 and 18: Managing Biodiversity at Different
Page 19 and 20: Good Pract
Page 21 and 22: Integrating Biodiversity into Opera
Page 23 and 24: Environmental & Social Impact Asses
Page 25: Stakeholder Engagement Tools & Proc
Page 29 and 30: Identifying opportunities for biodi
Page 31 and 32: Widely used? • Published in 2006

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