Bulletin n. 2/2011 | ||
October 2011 | ||
Bowman Laura |
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Sealing the Deal: Environmental and Indigenous Justice and Mining in Nunavut | ||
in Review of European Community & International Environmental Law , Volume 20, Issue 1, April , 2011 , 19-28 | ||
Nunavut is a territory in Canada's Eastern Arctic inhabited by a majority Inuit population. This population continues to rely on wildlife as a food source, and on harvesting for both cultural and economic well-being. Increased mining investment in Nunavut has resulted in a diminishment of public hearing opportunities for individual Inuk and other residents of Nunavut in non-renewable resource decisions that will affect harvesters. This represents a substantial erosion of the participatory rights the Inuit agreed to when they ratified the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in 1993. | ||