Environmental Assessment Panel Presentation, BHP Diamond Mine (Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, February 1996)
The Canadian Arctic Resources Committee presents its position on the BHP diamond mine environmental assessment to the EARP panel, stating conditional support for the project if it meets criteria including economic diversification contributions, environmental monitoring and enforcement, impact-benefit agreements with aboriginal peoples, and integration of traditional knowledge into project planning.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, BHP Diamonds, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Canadian Nature Federation, Ecology North, Northern Environmental Coalition, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Kennecott Canada, Chamber of Mines
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canadian Arctic, Slave Geological Province, West Kitikmeot-Slave region, Nunavut, Whitehorse, Labrador, Hudson Bay, Sanikiluaq, Ottawa, Yukon, Papua New Guinea
- Parameters
- sustainable development, mineral development, diamond mining, environmental assessment, environmental monitoring, traditional ecological knowledge, land claims, aboriginal rights, environmental impact, water management, wildlife management, economic diversification, impact and benefit agreements, royalty and taxation, environmental standards enforcement
- Pages
- 19
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