Ecosystem Approach, Sustainable Development and Compensation Critique of BHP Environmental Impact Statement (Northern Environmental Coalition, February 1996)
David Schnellen critiques BHP's environmental impact assessment for the proposed diamond mine, arguing that the EIS fails to employ a genuine ecosystem approach to aquatic systems, inadequately characterizes biological communities, and cannot fulfill a sustainable development standard or 'no net habitat loss' policy given the permanent destruction of multiple lakes. The document recommends staged project development with lake refilling strategies and recalculated compensation based on realistic recovery timelines extending over centuries.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- BHP, David Schnellen, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- West Coast, southern Canada
- Parameters
- ecosystem approach, energy flows, biogeochemical cycles, species interactions, phytoplankton, plankton, periphyton, species diversity, aquatic systems, water quality, lake productivity, tailings, waste rock, dewatering, kimberlite pipes, fish enhancement, habitat loss, lake morphometry, sedimentation rates, lake trout
- Pages
- 6
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