18 October 2024
IPAF Standards Committee Members recently gathered to discuss how Indigenous voices can play a stronger role in shaping the future ASI Standards.
Read more28 August 2024
ASI and IPAF led local language workshops on bauxite mining cycle and rehabilitation, reaching over 5,000 attendees in 121 communities across Boke and Kindia regions.
Read more30 May 2024
Learn how ASI's collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) is empowering Indigenous peoples and local communities to engage directly and effectively with bauxite mining companies, and increasing their participation in ASI governance.
Read more30 May 2024
ASI's innovative training programs are empowering Indigenous and Local Communities to actively participate in and influence the aluminium value chain.
Read more26 March 2024
Father Nicholas Barla, Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) member and ASI Standards Committee member, as well as Mark Annandale, ASI’s Director of Research and IPAF Adviser are involved in this important mining sector sustainability initiative.
Read more30 January 2024
The objectives of the project conducted by ASI and Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) in Guinea are to conduct training workshops, focusing on the bauxite mining cycle from exploration to extraction and rehabilitation, and share this information with local communities in local languages.
Read more24 October 2023
The Guinea Project, an initiative to increase mining education in local communities impacted by bauxite mining, has made meaningful progress through workshops and training held in September and October, facilitated by ASI Secretariat members Dr Penda Diallo and Mark Annandale.
Read more25 August 2023
Climate, nature and human rights issues are colliding in the energy transitions efforts that are underway. A workshop hosted this month by Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia brought together a curated group of 35 First Nations, industry, government, academia and initiative representatives under Chatham House rules to discuss the challenges and imperatives for a just transition.
Read more17 August 2023
ASI has just published the findings of exploratory and explanatory research to support a better understanding and perception of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, primarily with local communities.
Read more4 August 2023
The "Indigenous-led Participatory and Cumulative Impact Assessment Guidance Document" enables global application of IPCIA by Indigenous Peoples in their own contexts.
Read more12 July 2023
The research titled "Understanding the perception of Local and rural communities in bauxite mining regions - A compilation of research results from Guinea" was completed in April 2023.
Read more30 April 2023
The manual aims to provide other Indigenous Peoples worldwide with a tool to identify and evaluate the potential impacts of multiple actions or projects in their own community contexts. This work was supported under ASI’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) activities.
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