Ecological Impact Assessment, Mitigation and Monitoring (GNWT, February 1996)
This submission by the Government of the Northwest Territories to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel addresses deficiencies in ecological impact assessment, mitigation measures, and monitoring programs for the proposed NWT Diamonds Project. The document identifies significant gaps in baseline data, criticizes the adequacy of impact predictions, and recommends development of a comprehensive Environmental Protection Plan with collaborative effects monitoring involving government agencies, Aboriginal groups, and other stakeholders.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Renewable Resources, BHP Diamond Mine, BHP, Environmental Management Plans Technical Session, Environmental Assessment Panel, Department of the Environment, Aboriginal groups, Environmental Advisory Group
- Locations
- Yellowknife, NT, Northwest Territories, NWT, Ekati Diamond Mine, low Arctic, Canada, Misery Lake, Lac du Sauvage Esker, Airstrip Esker, West Kitikmeot/Slave Study, Norman Wells, Beaufort Sea, Labrador, Quebec, Vancouver Island
- Parameters
- ecological impact assessment, wildlife habitat, caribou, grizzly bears, birds, vegetation loss, habitat loss, water quality, reclamation, revegetation, monitoring, effects monitoring, mitigation, eskers, denning areas, furbearers, ptarmigan, small mammals, waterfowl, raptors, noise disturbance, cumulative effects, wilderness, biodiversity
- Pages
- 31
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