Statement to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel on the BHP Diamond Mine (Yellowknives Dene First Nation, April 1995)
The Yellowknives Dene Band submits a statement to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel on the proposed BHP diamond mine, advocating for greater recognition of traditional land use, traditional knowledge, and holistic environmental assessment in the EIS guidelines, and expressing concerns about impacts to hunting grounds, caribou migration, and aboriginal rights.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Yellowknives Dene Band, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, BHP, Environmental Assessment and Review Panel
- Locations
- Yellowknives Dene traditional territory, Coppermine, Mackay Lake, Fort Resolution, Rae, Great Slave Lake, Denendeh, Dettah, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, traditional land use, food chain, hunting and trapping, water quality, wildlife populations, cultural and spiritual values, traditional knowledge, environmental baseline, ecosystem impacts, winter roads, portage routes, reclamation and restoration
- Pages
- 17
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