Indigenous Peoples FPIC Protocols

TRTFN Mining Policy, March 2007 15/17 9. The project will not impose any uncompensated economic losses on the TRTFN Government or the local community. 10. The scale and pacing of the project or projects is appropriate to the TRTFN population, the size and infrastructure of the community of Atlin, and the employment and other economic needs of Tlingit and other local people. Social Sustainability means that: 11. The project provides a reasonable degree of certainty for TRTFN Government with respect to social impacts. This may require a community impact assessment process that has properly identified the adverse effects from the project on the community, and a defensible plan committed to and financed by the Crown and/or the proponent which can detect and minimize social impacts to acceptable levels. 12. The project will enhance the human capital (skills, abilities, health, and education) of the community. 13. The project will enhance the social capital (relationships between individuals, families, groups and organizations and their ability to interact positively) of the community. Cultural Sustainability means that: 14. The project will not interfere with individual or collective rights and practices involving land-based cultural pursuits, or with the health and well being of the natural resources upon which Tlingit land-based cultural practices depend. 15. The project will not infringe or adversely impact the Aboriginal rights that support the culture of the TRTFN. 16. The project will not interfere with or create obstacles to the transmission of TRTFN land-based culture and practices from one generation to the next.