Comments on Environmental Assessment and Review Panel Process, BHP Diamond Mine (Lutsel K'e Dene Band, October 1995)
The Lutsel K'e Dene Band submits comments to the Environmental Assessment Panel regarding the BHP Diamond Mine project in the Lac de Gras Region, expressing concerns about inadequate consultation, lack of translation resources, and insufficient community involvement in the environmental review process. The band outlines immediate needs for community workshops and capacity-building to properly evaluate the environmental and social impacts on their traditional territory and way of life.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Lutsel K'e Dene Band, Letha MacLachlan, Environmental Assessment Panel #5, Yellowknife Dene Band, BHP, DIAND, Chief Felix Lockhart, Florence Catholique
- Locations
- Lutsel K'e, Snowdrift, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras Region, Great Slave Lake, East Arm, Simpson Islands, Wood Bay, The Thelon Game Sanctuary, Talston Dam, McLeod Bay, Cambridge Bay
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, water quality, wildlife harvesting, land use, community consultation, environmental monitoring, translation and interpretation
- Pages
- 3
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