Part II guidance Notes Pillar I – Laws, Policies, and Institutions
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MPF Part II Guidance Notes - For Ratification (1)
4.3 Biodiversity
4.3.1 Adopt policies and plans, and ensure capacities are in place to manage biodiversity and ecosystem services. • Government should minimize adverse impacts to biodiversity through the development and implementation of policies and plans that focus on biodiversity protection, such as the establishment of legally protected areas where mining is prohibited. It is important to consider threatened species (both from a national list and the IUCN Red List ) and sensitive habitats, such as wetlands (refer to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands ), peatbogs, sand dunes, sea cliffs, etc. Government agencies must have adequate institutional capacity including competent professionals, and a legal framework aligned with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (1992). Further guidance can be found in IGF’s Guidance for Governments: Environmental management and mining governance . • Government should avoid or minimize impacts to biodiversity by halting loss of biodiversity and integrating ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, and poverty reduction strategies. Refer to the World Bank’s ESS6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (2017). • In managing biodiversity, government should meet international commitments and consider ecosystem services including the vulnerability and livelihoods of local populations. • Additional publications and resources on biodiversity can be found at the International Association for Impact Assessment . 4.3.2.a Require mining entities to identify and manage risks and impacts to biodiversity and ecosystem services by applying the mitigation hierarchy with the goal to achieve no net loss across all activities throughout the mine life cycle. • Government should require mining entities to submit an ESIA that identifies impacts to biodiversity and ecosystem services, not only to obtain a mining permit, but also when significant changes to the mine are planned (see the IGF Guidance for Governments: Improving legal frameworks for environmental and social impact assessment and management , 2020). Significant changes may include major technological changes, processing changes, and changes in the mine’s expected life or footprint. • Government should ensure mining entities, as part of their ESIA, develop biological baseline studies tailored to the ecosystems in which the projects are located. Baseline studies and any related environmental management plans should involve affected communities and Indigenous peoples where applicable and ensure their knowledge of local biodiversity and ecosystem services is incorporated (see the UN Convention on Biological Diversity ). • Government should require mining entities to apply the mitigation hierarchy ensuring that they avoid, and where avoidance is not possible, minimize, restore, and offset any projected impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and require that they achieve no net loss or, when possible, a net positive impact. For offsets, it is important to consider ecological values |
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