Submission to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (WWF Canada, February 1996)
WWF Canada submits to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, presenting concerns about exploration impacts, protected areas establishment, infrastructure development, esker protection, water quality management, and social impacts in the Central Arctic region. The submission recommends regulatory changes and specific management practices to address environmental risks from the proposed mine and potential future mining developments.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- World Wildlife Fund Canada, Northern Environmental Coalition, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Canadian Nature Federation, Ecology North, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, BHP, World Wide Fund for Nature, Government of Northwest Territories, Government of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Central Arctic, Coronation Gulf, Slave/West Kitikmeot Region, Clyde River, Isabella Bay, North Baffin Island, Snare River, Gland, Switzerland
- Parameters
- diamond mining, grizzly bear population and behavior, caribou, wildlife impacts, protected areas, infrastructure development, roads and airstrips, eskers, water quality, kimberlite tailings, waste rock disposal, lake filling, exploration impacts, traditional knowledge
- Pages
- 8
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