Dealing with community pushback on a mining project. How can you navigate public consultation effectively?
Understanding and addressing community pushback is crucial for a mining project's progress. To engage constructively with the public:
- Establish transparent communication channels to share information and updates about the mining project.
- Foster community involvement by creating forums for dialogue and feedback.
- Develop a robust CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative that benefits local communities directly.
How do you approach community engagement in your projects? Share your strategies.
Dealing with community pushback on a mining project. How can you navigate public consultation effectively?
Understanding and addressing community pushback is crucial for a mining project's progress. To engage constructively with the public:
- Establish transparent communication channels to share information and updates about the mining project.
- Foster community involvement by creating forums for dialogue and feedback.
- Develop a robust CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative that benefits local communities directly.
How do you approach community engagement in your projects? Share your strategies.
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With any consultation process it's so important to be open and completely honest, and transparent about what would be involved in terms of impact, good or potentially difficult for the local community to cope with. If difficult, would they have a right to appeal through open lines of communication. Help people to understand reasoning behind the project and what would be best outcomes and advantages for them. It should always be a two-way process and people should feel they are being heard and taken notice of. The locals are the ones that know the area and need to be listened to. Decisions to be made after consultations are completed
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