Planning org unveils final draft blueprint for Nunavut land use – Nunatsiaq News
Massive document bans mining within 15 per cent of Nunavut’s lands
After a lengthy period of consultation, study and drafting that began in the fall of 2007, the Nunavut Planning Commission unveiled the final version of its big blueprint for land management in the territory this past June 20 and June 21.
The proposed plan works something like a municipal zoning bylaw, setting out which pieces of land in Nunavut may be used for what purpose, including lands that would be protected from development and lands where development would be allowed.
The huge plan covers Nunavut’s two million square kilometres of territory, about one-third of the land mass of Canada, using simplified land use designations: Protected Areas, Special Management Areas and Mixed Use.
