Comments on the Draft BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Review Guidelines (Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, April 1995)
The Canadian Arctic Resources Committee submits comments on the Draft Guidelines for the BHP Diamond Mine environmental review, recommending expanded scope to address cumulative regional mineral development, stronger government participation, project justification requirements, and proper consideration of aboriginal rights and traditional ecological knowledge.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, BHP, Northern Environmental Coalition, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, NWT Chamber of Mines, DeBeers, Central Selling Organization
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Slave Geological Province, Coronation Gulf, Coppermine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada, Great Whale River, Northern Quebec
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, cumulative effects, project justification, diamond mining, infrastructure development, economic rent, aboriginal rights, land claims, traditional ecological knowledge, mineral development, water quality monitoring, socio-economic effects, project alternatives, regulatory framework
- Pages
- 12
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