Evaluation of Environmental Impact Statement for BHP-DiaMet Proposed Diamond Mines Project (Yellowknives Dene First Nation, October 1995)
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation submits their formal response to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the BHP-DiaMet Ekati Diamond Mine project near Lac de Gras, detailing major concerns about inadequate treatment of traditional knowledge, insufficient baseline data, lack of cumulative impact assessment, and misrepresentation of the First Nation's social, economic, and political circumstances in the document prepared for the EARP Panel review.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation, BHP-DiaMet, EARP Panel, Ekati Diamond Mine, NWT Treaty #8 Tribal Council, Dene Culture Institute
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Yellowknife Bay, Yellowknife, Mackay Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Tundra mine, Salamita mine, Burwash mine, Giant mine, Con mine, Coppermine River, Great Slave Lake, Rocher River, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Ingraham Trail, Dettah, Ndilo, Łutsel K'e, Rae, Edmonton, Northwest Territories, Bathurst caribou grounds, Denendeh, Nunavut, Hay River Reserve, Eno dah
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, traditional knowledge, caribou migration, water quality, eskers, wildlife habitat, vegetation loss, cumulative impacts, ecosystem integrity, biodiversity, social impacts, economic impacts, cultural impacts, employment, closure costs, baseline data, wildlife management, dust emissions, electric fences, mine pits, reclamation, aquatic habitat, grizzly bear, riparian habitat, wetland habitat, valued ecosystem components, social impact assessment, land use, traditional economy, hunting and trapping, compensation for land loss, impact benefit agreements
- Pages
- 47
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