| Resource Name |
The Mackenzie River Basin Board's 2012 Issues Report |
| Unique File Number |
210 |
| Information Type |
Public Reporting |
| Surface Water |
A |
| Aquatic Ecosystem |
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| Groundwater |
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| Groundwater & Surface Water |
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| Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards |
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| Strengths |
covers: oil sands, hydroelectric development, climate change, cumulative effects, knowledge gaps |
| Limitations |
written for general audience, lacking in detail |
| Challenges |
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| Information Subtype |
reporting |
| Organization |
Mackenzie River Basin Board |
| Resource Name |
Mackenzie River Basin Board. 2012. The Mackenzie River Basin Board's 2012 Issues Report: Oil Sands Development, Hydroelectric Development, and Climate Change in the Mackenzie River Basin. |
| Resource Purpose |
The MRBB recently assessed three topics identified in the SOAER 2003 as key pressures in the Mackenzie River Basin: oil sands development, hydroelectric development, and climate change. The MRBB considered both published scientific literature and available Traditional Knowledge. This Issues Report 2012 provides an overview of these key pressures, and has been prepared as a follow-up to the State of the Aquatic Ecosystem Report 2003. |
| Type of Information |
report |
| How does this help decision making? |
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| Program Status |
complete |
| NE Coverage |
NE BC and Mackenzie basin |
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| Ecosystem |
Y |
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| Groundwater |
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| Public Safety |
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| SW Quality |
Y |
| SW Quantity |
Y |
| Link |
http://www.mrbb.ca/uploads/files/general/30//mrbb-report_web.pdf |
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