Guidelines for Designing and Implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs in the NWT, Overview Report (INAC, June 2009)
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMPs) for development projects in the Northwest Territories, developed by INAC to standardize monitoring practices and integrate traditional knowledge with western science. The guidelines describe an eight-step framework for developing, implementing, and interpreting AEMPs to protect sensitive northern aquatic ecosystems during project construction, operation, and closure.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd., Zajdlik & Associates Inc., Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, Northwest Territories Water Board, Gwich'in Land and Water Board, Sahtu Land and Water Board, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Mackenzie Valley, Gwich'in Settlement Area, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Rockwood, Ontario
- Parameters
- aquatic effects monitoring, water quality, water quantity, sediment quality, biological health, fish habitat, effluent discharge, traditional knowledge, environmental assessment, cumulative effects, baseline conditions
- Pages
- 66
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