Environmental Assessment
Volume A-6
Introduction
Consultation
6.1
INTRODUCTION
6.1.1
Consultation Objectives
The objectives of public consultation and information disclosure for the
Ambatovy Project (the project) Environmental Assessment (EA) have been to:
•
identify project stakeholders, and present timely information on the
project to them;
•
provide ongoing opportunities for stakeholders to ask questions and
express interests and concerns relative to the project;
•
record stakeholder questions, interests and concerns so they can be
relayed to the project proponents (including project engineers and the
EA team) for timely integration into work being done to develop the
project;
•
engage government and civil society at all levels as active participants
in developing the EA;
•
supplement baseline data collection for the EA through qualitative
information provided from consultations that enhances understanding of
the opportunities and constraints of potentially affected stakeholders;
•
solicit stakeholder participation in developing mitigation and benefit
enhancement measures, including analyzing project alternatives; and
•
engage with potential partners, such as donor agencies,
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), academia and local
government, to link existing expertise and programming in the
implementation of environmental and social mitigations that may be
developed.
6.1.2
This Public Consultation Section
In accordance with the Terms of Reference (ToR) and international standards,
this section is provided as a summary record of consultations that have taken
place to date. Consultations included those:
•
of the proponent with senior Government of Madagascar
representatives, in relation to introducing the project, in 2003-2004;
•
of the proponent with local government and populations at the mine site,
largely in relation to the exploration program in 2003-2004;
Ambatovy Project
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