National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Annual Report 2000-2001

Aboriginal Communities and Non-renewable Resource Development

In 1998, the NRTEE launched a program to explore the relationship between Aboriginal communities and non-renewable resource development from the perspective of sustainability. The NRTEE identified economic vitality, environmental integrity, social and cultural well-being, equity and control over natural resources as key indicators of sustainability for Aboriginal communities. The goal of the Aboriginal Communities and Non-renewable Resource Development program has been to determine measures that must be taken to ensure that non-renewable resource development in Canada's North over the next 10-25 years supports economically viable, self-sufficient and socially healthy Aboriginal communities without compromising the ecological integrity of the environment.

The NRTEE continued community outreach as part of the program's extensive research and communications activities by attending the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly and Tradeshow in June 2000, which was held in Ottawa, ON, and the Denendeh National Assembly in Fort Resolution, NT, in July. Task Force meetings were held in June to select the four or five key recommendations that will form the basis of the program's State of the Debate report for release in June 2001.

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