Talking Notes on Traditional Knowledge, BHP Public Hearing (DIAND, February 1996)
DIAND presents its intervention on the traditional knowledge component of BHP's Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed development project in the Northwest Territories, outlining the department's mandate and experience with traditional knowledge, assessing BHP's TK collection efforts, and recommending that Phase II of the TK study focus on areas where Aboriginal perspectives differ from scientific views, data gaps exist, and proper integration into environmental monitoring occurs.
- Date
- 1996-02-06
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- DIAND, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, BHP, Dene Nation, Metis Nation of the NWT, Inuvialuit, Panel, NWT Water Board, Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yukon, Arctic, Yellowknife, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, West Kitikmeot, Slave, Northern River Basins, Hudson Bay
- Parameters
- traditional knowledge, environmental impact assessment, environmental management, co-management, biological resources, wildlife, fisheries, water resources, land use, oil and gas leasing, mineral exploration, monitoring, environmental sustainability
- Pages
- 6
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