NWT Environmental Audit:

The NWT Environmental Audit, conducted at least once every five years, is an independent review of:

• information to determine trends in environmental quality;
• factors contributing to environmental change;
• the effectiveness of the NWT CIMP;
• the effectiveness of land, water and waste regulations on the protection of key environmental components; and
• responses to the recommendations of previous environmental audits.

The audit is required by the Sahtu, Gwich'in and Tlicho final agreements and by the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

Second NWT Environmental Audit 2010

The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada has released the 2010 NWT Environmental Audit.

Brochure: NWT Environmental Audit 2010, Audit Sub-Committeee, March 2010 (English PDF - 5.42 MB) (French PDF - 5.48 MB).

First NWT Environmental Audit 2005

The Terms of Reference for the initial Audit were developed by the NWT CIMP and Audit Working Group and formed the basis of the Statement of Work for the Auditor. The first-ever NWT Environmental Audit was submitted by SENES Consultants to the Minister of INAC in December 2005. The NWT Environmental Audit Report was publicly released in June 2006 along with a Supplementary Report on the Status of the Environment.

A number of other documents are available:

• INAC Response to the 2005 NWT Environmental Audit: Draft Action Plan, September 2007
  (PDF - 239KB)
• NWT Environmental Audit Presentation, September 29, 2006
  (PDF - 215KB)
• Plain-language NWT Environmental Audit Brochure, 2004
  (PDF - 617KB)
• Terms of Reference for the NWT Environmental Audit, April 2004
  (PDF - 83KB)
• Announcement of the NWT Environmental Audit, December 30, 2004
  (PDF - 16KB)

For more information, please contact the Audit Sub-Committee Secretariat at: cimp@inac-ainc.gc.ca