Caribou and Roads: Implementing Traditional Knowledge in Wildlife Monitoring at the Ekati Diamond Mine, 2006-07 Annual Report (BHP Billiton, September 2007)
This 2006–07 annual report documents the Caribou and Roads Traditional Knowledge Project at the Ekati Diamond Mine, which integrates Inuit elder knowledge with scientific wildlife monitoring to protect caribou from mine infrastructure hazards. The report details field visits, construction of caribou deterrence structures (inokhok and snow fences), a March 2007 community workshop in Kugluktuk discussing caribou herd status and mine mitigation measures, and action plans for 2007–08.
- Date
- 2007-09-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), Vivian Banci, Jimmy Hanak, Jack Ovilok, Helen Enogaloak, Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut, Mathieu Dumond, Allen Niptanatiak, David Abernethy, Helen Butler, Elders Advisory Group
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Beartooth Pit, Pigeon Valley, Fox Road, Misery Road, Sable Road, Great Bear Lake, Bathurst Inlet, Victoria Island, Queen Maud Gulf, Contwoyto Lake, Inokhok, Airstrip
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, caribou migration, caribou herds (Bluenose West, Bluenose East, Bathurst, Ahiak, Dolphin and Union), wildlife monitoring, traditional knowledge, inokhok (caribou deterrence fences), road crossings, pit safety, snow fences, predator-prey dynamics, wolf populations, weather impacts on caribou, harvesting practices
- Pages
- 58
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