Assessment of Representative Protected Areas, Northwest Territories, Relative to NWT Diamonds Project (World Wildlife Fund Canada, February 1996)
This report prepared for World Wildlife Fund Canada assesses the adequacy of protected areas in the Northwest Territories relative to the proposed Ekati Diamond Mine project. It recommends that protected areas planning be completed immediately before project approval and that the environmental impact statement comprehensively address cumulative mining impacts on conservation needs and watershed integrity.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- World Wildlife Fund Canada, Clover Environmental Consultants, Canadian Environmental Advisory Council, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Canadian Parks Ministers Council, Wildlife Ministers Council of Canada, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, Agriculture Canada, BHP
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Canada, Rio de Janeiro, Ekati Diamond Mine, Coppermine River Basin, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Rae, Edzo, N'Dilo, Dettah, Reliance, Snowdrift, Bathurst Inlet, Hackett River, Colomac, Lupin, Kennecott Aber, Izok Lake, George Lake, Boston, Ulu, High Lake, Umingmaktok, Kugluktuk
- Parameters
- protected areas, biodiversity, ecological processes, species richness, habitat requirements, caribou populations, large carnivore populations, watershed integrity, ecoregions, natural regions, fire ecology, drainage basin integrity
- Pages
- 19
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