Evaluation of the BHP/DiaMet Environmental Impact Statement (Yellowknives Dene First Nation, October 1995)
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation's formal response to the BHP-DiaMet Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Ekati Diamond Mine project, submitted to the EARP Panel on October 23, 1995. The response identifies major concerns regarding inadequate representation of traditional knowledge, insufficient assessment of cumulative and ecosystem impacts, underestimation of effects on caribou migration and Indigenous land use, and inaccurate portrayal of First Nation social, economic, and political contexts in the EIS.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation, BHP-DiaMet, EARP Panel, NWT Treaty #8 Tribal Council
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilo, Łutsel K'e, Mackay Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Coppermine River, Great Slave Lake, Bathurst caribou calving grounds, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- caribou migration, water quality, wildlife habitat loss, vegetation loss, traditional land use, cumulative impacts, ecosystem integrity, biodiversity, employment and economic benefits, social impacts, cultural impacts, baseline data, mitigation measures
- Pages
- 47
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