Aboriginal Caucus Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of Diamond Mines, Final Report (IEMA, February 2004)
This final report documents an Aboriginal Caucus Workshop held January 14-16, 2004, sponsored by the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency to develop principles and operational guidelines for a future Regional Monitoring Agency (RMA) to oversee environmental monitoring of diamond mines in the Slave Geological Province. The caucus achieved consensus on governance principles, technical expertise structures, independence requirements, and decision-making authority for consolidating project-specific monitoring bodies into a single regional agency.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board (EMAB), BHP Billiton (BHPB), Diavik Diamond Mines, De Beers, Yellowknives First Nation, North Slave Métis Alliance, Tli Cho, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (MVLWB), Terra Firma Consultants, Government of Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, Bathurst Caribou Management Board
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Snap Lake, Slave Geological Province (SGP), Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Lac de Gras, Mackenzie Valley
- Parameters
- environmental monitoring, caribou monitoring, water quality, ammonia, air quality, traditional knowledge, western science, cumulative effects, fish palatability, mine closure, winter road impacts, environmental agreements
- Pages
- 55
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