"We are fighting for ourselves" - First nations' evaluation of british columbia and canadian environmental assessment processes

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-404

  Booth, Annie ^a   Skelton, Norm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office; Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency; consultation; environmental assessment; First Nations; Treaty 8

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 79952859550     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333211003936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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