Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 16.3
Typical Assets Available for Negotiation
Mining Company
Indigenous Communities
ACCESS
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Business knowledge
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Legal tenure
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Capital and equipment
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Training resources
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Economic stability
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Workforce with variable education levels
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Knowledge of country and its ecology
●
Young workforce
OWNERSHIP
●
Properties and other land
●
Financial management and corporate government
knowledge
●
Native Title
●
Indigenous rights
RIGHTS
●
Consultation and representation
●
Inclusion in negotiations
●
Consent to major land use changes
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Indigenous rights
OBLIGATIONS
●
Payment of resource rent
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Open communication
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Open communication
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Maintenance of country and culture
ECONOMIC
VALUES
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Competitive tendering process
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Financial credibility
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Capital
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Growing community
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Access to government training and employment programmes
●
Growing economic development organizations
TABLE 16.4
Typical Aspirations of Companies and Communities
Mining Company
Indigenous Communities
ACCESS
●
Secure access to minerals, water and associated resources
●
Secure access to land and water resources
OWNERSHIP
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Confi rmed rights
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Share in resource rents
●
Sacred Sites
●
Title to land
RIGHTS
●
Access to resources
●
Protection from sovereign risk
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Ability to add value
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Co-management of land
●
Participate in environmental and infrastructure planning and
management
OBLIGATIONS
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Investor security
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Risk management
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Maintenance of culture and lands
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Development of young people
ECONOMIC VALUES
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Competitive access to resources
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Protection of sacred sites
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Economic independence
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Contract supply of goods and services to regional economy
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Negotiation of socio-economic agreements to plan and manage
●
Corporate and community economies
Whether or not it is a legal
requirement, a company should
pay fair compensation to an
indigenous community in return
for the right to mine, for loss of
amenity, and for any damage that
occurs.
Compensation
Whether or not it is a legal requirement, a company should pay fair compensation to an
indigenous community in return for the right to mine, for loss of amenity, and for any
damage that occurs. Compensation details to be discussed include:
●
Form of compensation, whether cash, infrastructure, equipment, services or a
combination;
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