Comments on the BHP/DiaMet Environmental Impact Statement (Dene Nation, October 1995)
The Dene Nation submits a letter of intervention on the BHP/Diamet diamond mine Environmental Impact Statement, identifying major deficiencies in both the review process and EIS content, including inadequate consultation with Dene communities, insufficient translation of technical documents, and failure to properly incorporate traditional knowledge in impact assessment.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Dene Nation, Denendeh National Office, Letha McLachlan, FEARO Panel, BHP/Diamet, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Bill Erasmus, Gerald Antoine, Felix Lockhart, Assembly of First Nations, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- Locations
- Denendeh, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Treaty 8, Treaty 11, Dogrib
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, traditional knowledge, caribou migration, socio-economic environment, land issues, mining impacts, water quality
- Pages
- 3
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