Statement to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel on the BHP Diamond Mine (Yellowknives Dene Band, April 1995)
The Yellowknives Dene Band submits a written statement to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel on the BHP Diamond Mine project, outlining concerns about impacts on traditional land use, caribou harvesting, and the need for meaningful consultation regarding traditional knowledge and environmental assessment guidelines. The statement also includes policy guidelines for protecting Yellowknives Dene traditional knowledge as community cultural heritage and historical information on Treaty 8 entitlements.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Yellowknives Dene Band, BHP, Environmental Assessment and Review Panel
- Locations
- Coppermine, Mackay Lake, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Denendeh, Fort Resolution, Fort Rae, Yellowknife, Dettah
- Parameters
- caribou abundance, traditional land use, wildlife habitat, food chain, water quality, mining exploration effects, environmental baseline, reclamation and restoration, socioeconomic effects, cultural and spiritual well-being, traditional knowledge
- Pages
- 17
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