Letter to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Review Panel (René Fumoleau, February 1996)
René Fumoleau submits a critical letter to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel arguing against large-scale mining development in the NWT, contending that major industrial projects primarily benefit external corporations and wealthy interests while impoverishing local communities and undermining Indigenous autonomy and traditional ways of life.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- René Fumoleau, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Government of the NWT
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Valley, Newfoundland, Quebec, Valleyview, Lutselk'e, Yellowknife, Fort Good Hope, Mountain River, Loche Lake, Kapami Tue, Lac des Bois, Loon Lake, Rorey Lake, Canoe Lake, Mexico, Canada, Toronto
- Parameters
- diamond mining, economic development, resource extraction, employment, poverty, environmental impact, Indigenous self-determination
- Pages
- 4
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