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Dealing full force

26 Jan 2006

Instead, the area officially falls under the authority of the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (MVLWB) and the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB), co-management boards set up under the seled land claims of two other Indigenous Peoples, the Sahtu and the Gwich’in. [...] The Ni hat’ni (Watching the Land) Project Since 1996, the WLEC has been tracking the impacts of mining on the land and the people. [...] Community leaders were daunted and overwhelmed by trying to understand the proposed plans for the diamond mining, and what the implications could be for the people and the traditional terri- tory in order to negotiate a good deal. [...] We didn’t know how to negotiate with them.” The challenges facing Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation in the negotiations were huge: • The community was on a steep learning curve to understand the diamond industry, and what the impacts of open-pit, diamond mining might be on their land and the people. [...] Of course, there’s all sorts of clauses in there saying they will support unconditionally the mine’s progress, and that’s a scary thought.” Another resource person stated: “I don’t think I’d call it consent… I mean they did the best they could to respond to it, but everything was so rushed through… and you look at the agreement… the EA and the IBA and they’re horrible! If you look at some of the s
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Authors

Weitzner, Viviane

Pages
42
Published in
Canada

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