Environmental Impact Report 2000, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2000)
BHP Diamonds Inc.'s Environmental Impact Report for 2000 documents the biophysical effects and impacts of the Ekati Diamond Mine on valued ecosystem components from June 1996 through December 1999, comparing actual performance against predictions in the 1995 Environmental Impact Statement and describing adaptive management strategies employed to mitigate environmental effects.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Department of Environment Canada, Committee of the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Dogrib, Yellowknives Dene, Chipewyan, Copper Inuit, Metis, Inuit
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Coppermine River, Koala Watershed, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Kodiak Lake, Long Lake, Fox Lake, Snare Lake, Dettah, N'dilo, Lutsel K'e, Rae-Edzo, Rae Lakes, Wha Ti, Kugluktuk, Point Lake, Misery Pit, Beartooth Pit, Leslie Lake, Arctic
- Parameters
- air quality, water quality, aquatic effects, wildlife effects, caribou abundance and migration, fish populations, permafrost, vegetation and reclamation, groundwater, sediment quality, archaeological sites, grizzly bear, wolverine, wolves, birds and raptors, acid deposition, total suspended particulates, conductivity, turbidity, nutrient enrichment, processed kimberlite, lake dewatering
- Pages
- 179
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