Title
Getting it Right in Ontario's Far North- The Need for a Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Ring of Fire (Wawangajing)
Author(s)
Cheryl Chetkiewicz and Anastasia Lintner
Published
2014
Publisher
Working paper by WCS Canada and Ecojustice
Abstract
Ontario's Far North harbours world-class ecosystems, including the largest wetlands in North America. The Government of Ontario has made a commitment to protect over half of this region, but will face challenges in balancing this goal with developing world-class mineral deposits, particularly in the Ring of Fire. These developments would bring both benefits and risks to remote First Nations communities and the region, and the roads needed for the developments would bisect the largest intact boreal forest left in the world. Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment, or R-SEA, is a tool with extensive international practice that could provide solutions in Ontario's Far North. This working paper is a collaboration between WCS Canada and Ecojustice, and outlines how current laws result in poorly coordinated planning and introduces R-SEA and how it can be implemented in the Far North.
Keywords
Ring of Fire, Ontario's Far North, Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment
Full Citation
Chetkiewicz C, Lintner AM. 2014. Getting it Right in Ontario's Far North: The Need for a Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Ring of Fire (Wawangajing). WCS Canada and Ecojustice, pp. 1-136.
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