Analysis of Conformity of BHP's EIS to the Guidelines Concerning Traditional Knowledge (Dene Cultural Institute, October 1995)
The Dene Cultural Institute submits a formal analysis criticizing BHP's Environmental Impact Statement for failing to provide full and equal consideration of traditional knowledge as required by Panel Guidelines, and argues that BHP's compressed timeline for community-based research resulted in incomplete and inadequate documentation of aboriginal knowledge about the Lac de Gras area. The Institute recommends establishing commonly-accepted traditional knowledge research standards and calls for a workshop to address methodological and ownership issues in TEK documentation.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Dene Cultural Institute, Joanne Barnaby, Letha MacLachlan, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Aboriginal organizations
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Hay River, Yellowknife, Contwoyto Lake, Desteffany Lake
- Parameters
- traditional knowledge, environmental impact assessment, traditional environmental knowledge (TEK), wildlife habitat (wolves, foxes, bears, caribou, birds, fish, muskrats, beavers), denning areas, fish spawning areas, caribou mating areas, environmental monitoring, land use and occupancy, resource harvesting
- Pages
- 6
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