Critique of BHP Environmental Assessment Panel Report (CARC, August 1996)
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC, Yellowknife) Critique of the BHP Environmental Assessment Panel Report, sent August 1-13 1996 to Hon. Sergio Marchi (Minister of Environment, Ottawa) and Hon. Ron Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa). Discusses Option 2 Arbitrated Agreements for Aboriginal consent as condition precedent to project approval (alternative to Dene/Metis Impact Benefit Agreement negotiation in absence of a land claim), monitoring authority structure, sustainability research and development, economic diversification fund recommendations, and culturally sustainable economic alternatives to mining.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- letter
- Parties
- Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, CARC, Sergio Marchi, Ron Irwin, Federal Environmental Assessment Panel
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Ottawa, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- panel report critique, environmental assessment, arbitration, monitoring agency, BHP diamond mine
- Pages
- 14
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