Toolbox for Applying Traditional Knowledge in AEMPs in the NWT, Overview Document, Draft (INAC, December 2009)
This draft toolbox document provides guidance for meaningfully integrating Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Aboriginal community engagement into Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMPs) required for development projects in the Northwest Territories. It outlines eight key steps for TK integration, from background information assessment through management response frameworks, and includes protocols, research agreements, and case studies of best practices.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Water Resources Division, Brenda Parlee, University of Alberta, Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Snap Lake Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Gwich'in Land and Water Board, Sahtu Land and Water Board, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, NWT Water Board, Dene Cultural Institute, Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute, West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Ekati Diamond Mine, Snap Lake, Gwich'in Settlement Area, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Mackenzie Valley, NWT
- Parameters
- aquatic effects monitoring, water quality, water quantity, fish abundance, fish habitat, traditional knowledge, indigenous knowledge, baseline conditions, ecosystem health, contaminants, caribou, water pH, body condition indicators, catch per unit effort, risk assessment
- Pages
- 30
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