Vegetation, Landscape and Ecosystem Assessment, Public Hearing Presentation by Dr. Joseph Svoboda (Northern Environmental Coalition, February 1996)
Dr. Joseph Svoboda's abbreviated EIS assessment of vegetation, landscape, and ecosystem impacts of the proposed BHP diamond mining project at Lac de Gras identifies significant deficiencies in baseline studies and recommends comprehensive ecosystem-level monitoring, habitat restoration protocols, and meaningful Aboriginal participation in the evaluation process.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Joseph Svoboda, BHP Diamonds, University of Toronto
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Central Arctic, Ungava, Keewatin, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Tatshenshini-Alsek River
- Parameters
- vegetation, tundra ecosystem, soil degradation, permafrost, caribou grazing, riparian habitats, eskers, biomass, productivity, organic matter, nutrient cycling, revegetation, water holding capacity, non-native plant species, active layer depth, greenhouse gases
- Pages
- 13
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