Aboriginal Caucus Workshop on Regional Monitoring of Diamond Mines (IEMA, January 2004)
This document comprises meeting minutes, background reports, and presentations from an Aboriginal Caucus workshop held January 14-16, 2004 in Yellowknife to develop principles and models for a regional environmental monitoring agency to oversee diamond mining operations in the Slave Geological Province, including the Ekati and Diavik mines. The workshop explored consolidating multiple project-specific monitoring boards (IEMA and EMAB) and cumulative effects initiatives into integrated regional governance structures while preserving Aboriginal participation and traditional knowledge integration.
- Date
- 2004-01-14
- Document type
- meeting-minutes
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board (EMAB), Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., BHP Billiton (BHPB), Government of Canada, Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT), Government of Nunavut, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, North Slave Metis Alliance, De Beers, Bathurst Caribou Management Committee, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (MVLWB), Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB)
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, East Island, Ekati Diamond Mine, Diavik Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Slave Geological Province, Bathurst Caribou range, Kodiak Lake, Fox Lake, Snap Lake, Kugluktuk, Lutsel K'e, Cambridge Bay, Rae Edzo
- Parameters
- water quality, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, ammonia, phosphorous, acidity in waste rock piles, seepage monitoring, zooplankton, fish habitat and palatability, copper and mercury levels, caribou abundance and migration, wildlife monitoring, traditional knowledge, cumulative effects assessment, air quality monitoring, environmental agreements, adaptive management
- Pages
- 97
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