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22 June 2022

Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) – Bauxite Exploration and Mining Workshop Cairns Australia, June 2022

This ASI workshop, part of a broader capacity building project, was attended by over 40 Indigenous community representatives from across Western and Northern Cape York Peninsula.

26 October 2021

Indigenous engagement pilot workshop held in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia: brief report

Bauxite mining increasingly on Indigenous peoples’ traditional lands Globally, bauxite mining operations are increasingly sited on the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples, including Australia. For many Indigenous peoples, mining of their traditional land creates much concern about biocultural, community health and livelihood impacts from the loss of access to traditional lands and resources, and the […]

22 July 2021

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) program and action on human rights

For ASI, human rights due diligence in global supply chains is one of our four sustainability priority issues.

30 July 2019

Annual IPAF meeting in Suriname

The 2018 ASI Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF) was held over March 21-24, in Suriname.

30 July 2019

Annual IPAF meeting in India

The 2019 IPAF meeting was held in Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand, India between 25 February – 6 March.

26 June 2019

Meeting report published: 2019 Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum in India

This year the IPAF meeting was held in Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand, India between 25 February – 6 March. More than 30 participants from India, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Guinea, India, the Netherlands, Suriname, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States attended the IPAF meeting to share experiences and increase awareness of ASI’s work in the […]

22 January 2018

Report on 2017 Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum annual meeting published

The event permitted rich discussions with the Gumatj people, contributed to the IPAF members understanding of bauxite mining and generated essential inputs to the ASI Performance Standard.

30 August 2017

Annual IPAF meeting in Australia

In July 2017, the Gumatj people of East Arnhem Land welcomed the IPAF members to Nhulunbuy (Australia), also referred as Gove, for their annual meeting.

9 July 2017

2017 Consultation on Standards and documentation ends. What’s next?

30 May 2016

Annual IPAF meeting in Malaysia

On 16-18 April 2016, indigenous organisations met in Kuantan, Malaysia, to discuss the convening of ASI's Indigenous Peoples Advisory Forum (IPAF), which will be a standing forum in ASI's governance.

30 May 2015

Expert Workshop in Thailand

In May 2015, indigenous peoples' organisations gathered over four days in Chian Mai, Thailand, to review the ASI Performance Standard (version 1) and discuss appropriate indicators to measure implementation of the standard in practice.