State of Knowledge Report, West Kitikmeot and Slave Study Area, Updated and Revised (WKSS, May 2001)

Date

2001-05-30

Document type

report

Parties

West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, P. G. Sly, L. Little, Lutra Assocs., R. Freeman, J. McCullum, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Inuit Organizations, Lutselk'e Dene Council, Métis Nation of the NWT, Nunavut Co-Management Organizations, Environmental Organizations, Government of Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, NWT Chamber of Mines, Government of Nunavut, BHP Diamonds, Dia Met Minerals, Diavik, De Beers, Tahera Corporation

Locations

West Kitikmeot, Slave geological province, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Coronation Gulf, Yellowknife, Rae-Edzo, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Gameti, Wekwetì, Snare Lake, Dettah, Ndilo, Lutselk'e, Kugluktuk, Umingmaktuk, Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Lac de Gras, Snap Lake, Jericho, East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Thelon Game Sanctuary, Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Kent Peninsula, Mackenzie Valley, Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, Bear Province, Rae Province

Parameters

climate change, permafrost, vegetation, hydrology, water quality, fish distributions, caribou, muskoxen, migratory waterfowl, contaminants, mercury, persistent organic contaminants, UV-B radiation, mining, cumulative effects, sustainable development, traditional knowledge, ground ice, soil development, marine ecosystem, freshwater ecosystem, terrestrial ecosystem, food webs, atmospheric pollutants, habitat, fire, grazing, tourism, hydroelectric development, settlement, transportation corridors, human health, economic security, social security, cultural traditions

Pages

487