Notes for a Submission to the BHP Environmental Assessment Review Panel (Chris O'Brien, February 1996)
Chris O'Brien's detailed submission to the BHP EARP panel opposing the Ekati Diamond Mine project on grounds that gem diamond production does not justify ecological destruction of the Barrenlands, arguing for stricter environmental assessment, ecosystem-based management conditions, and a shift toward ecologically sustainable economic development in the NWT.
- Date
- 1996-02-23
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Chris O'Brien, BHP, EARP panel, GNWT, Environment and Land Management, Union of Concerned Scientists, WWF-Canada, DFO, DIAND, NWT Chamber of Mines, Ecology North, Rio Tinto Zinc, Kennecott
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Barrenlands, Coppermine River, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Central Barrenlands, Ireland, Clayoquot Sound, Newfoundland, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Whaleback region Alberta, Pond Inlet, West Kitikmeot, Koala camp
- Parameters
- biodiversity loss, species extinction, wildlife habitat loss, caribou abundance, ecosystem integrity, ecological functions, water quality, aquatic habitat, lake area loss, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, global climate change, diesel fuel consumption, energy use per job, cumulative effects, sustainable development, ecological capital, fish habitat, esker habitat, waterfowl nesting habitat
- Pages
- 40
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