Their primary purposes are to address the adverse effects of commercial
activities on local communities and their environments, and to ensure that Aboriginal peop
le receive benefits from the development of natural resources on their land, as designated under the relevant land claims agreement (Irene Sosa and Karyn Keenan, Impact Benefit Agreements Between Aboriginal Communities and Mining Companies: Their Use in Canada, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Environmental Mining Association of British Columbia and CooperAcciòn, Octob
...[+++]er 2001.) [ Return to text ]Leurs principaux objectifs sont de tenir compte des répercussions négatives des activités commerciales sur les collectivités locales et leur environnement et de veiller à ce que les Autochtones tirent des avantages de l’exploitation des ressources naturelles que renferme leur territoire, comme le prévoit l’accord applicable sur les revendications territoriales (Irene Sosa et Karyn Keenan, Impact Benefit Agreements
Between Aboriginal Communities and Mining Companies: Their Use in Canada, Association canadienne du droit de l’environnement, Environmental Mining Association of British Columbia et CooperAcción, octobre 2001.) [ Retour au text
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