THEME 2: ANNEX FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT

The document lists prominent sustainability schemes for the mining sector, such as the ICMM Mining Principles, MAC's Toward Sustainable Mining, and the IRMA Standard, detailing their requirements for biodiversity conservation, the use of the mitigation hierarchy, and the conduct of environmental and social impact assessments across different stages of the supply chain.

• Several sustainability schemes for the mining sector require companies to apply the mitigation hierarchy to manage biodiversity and ecosystem risks, including the ICMM's Mining Principles, the Mining Association of Canada's (MAC) Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM), and the ResponsibleSteel International Standard V2.0.
• The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) Standard requires mining sites to perform social and environmental impact assessments covering direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts on protected areas and biodiversity, while ensuring the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples.
• The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standard 6 specifically emphasizes addressing biodiversity threats such as habitat loss, degradation, fragmentation, invasive alien species, overexploitation, pollution, and hydrological changes.
• The Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard V3 (2022) mandates that companies assess and mitigate biodiversity impacts within their area of influence, including indirect impacts on ecosystem services that support the livelihoods of affected communities.

APA

Forest Declaration Assessment (n.d.). THEME 2: ANNEX FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022Theme2Annex.pdf

Chicago

Forest Declaration Assessment. THEME 2: ANNEX FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT. n.d. https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022Theme2Annex.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forestdeclarationassessmentndtheme, author = {{Forest Declaration Assessment}}, title = {{THEME 2: ANNEX FOREST DECLARATION ASSESSMENT}}, institution = {Forest Declaration Assessment}, url = {https://forestdeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022Theme2Annex.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }