their activities • Recognize how impacts are likely to change throughout the mining life cycle • Maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts through proactive management actions that are informed by community consultation • Measure performance to understand the effectiveness of management actions and improve on them where necessary Indigenous communities can be particularly susceptible to many of the impacts typically associated with mining, including the potential disturbance of local land, water systems, biodiversity and heritage sites – all of which can be of cultural and/or spiritual significance.