Read a summary   See the schedule   Learn about the project   Documentation   Protecting species diversity   Protecting and developing the territory and heritage   Monitoring and follow-up   In partnership with the Cree communities   Doing business with SEBJ   Eastmain magazine   Working at Eastmain-1   Information Office		The Nadoshtin Agreement Protecting the Cree way of life Mitigating the project's impacts on the environment and on Cree communities Promoting community development Offering the Crees opportunities for contracts, jobs and training during the project Facilitating completion of the project Creating the Niskamoon Company Creating the Niskamoon Company's Technical and Environmental Committee Creating the Weh-Sees Indohoun Corporation Temporary camps for the tallyman's brush-cutting crew. Funds: Remedial Measures: $18,000,000 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: $2,500,000 Training: $1,500,000 EM-1 Mercury studies: $3,000,000 Reduction of impacts relating to traditional activities: $3,900,000 Wildlife Management: $750,000 Role of the Niskamoon Company in the Eastmain-1 Project Mandate Activities Preserve the Cree way of life Mitigate the impacts of the Eastmain-1 project on the Crees and their traditional activities Enhance the environment modified by the project Plan, assess and authorize various types of work Ensure that the work is carried out Environmental studies and fieldwork Remedial and mitigation measures and programs (financed by the Remedial Measures Fund) Archaeology and cultural heritage program (financed by the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Fund) Hire and train Cree workers Manage the Training Fund   Create an efficient framework for cooperation between the Crees, Hydro-Québec and SEBJ Facilitate application of the Nadoshtin Agreement Niskamoon Company – Technical and Environmental Committee Composition Mandate (Chapter 8 of the Nadoshtin Agreement) Activities Four members, including two appointed by Hydro-Québec Assist the Niskamoon Company in studying, planning, assessing and implementing measures related to its mandate Assist the Cree tallymen and trappers Coordinate and carry out the lake sturgeon study and management programs (jointly with the Niskamoon Company) Ensure Cree participation in the specific environmental surveys Inform the Niskamoon Company and the Cree communities about environmental and other activities Beginning of activities: June 14, 2002 Activity 1: discuss all SEBJ and Hydro-Québec specifications for environmental studies relating to the Eastmain-1 project Activity 2: discuss draft versions of the mitigation measures to be implemented for aquatic wildlife, lake sturgeon, land animals and birds, as well as for land use and the land-clearing plan Weh-Sees Indohoun Corporation Mandate Activities Manage resources (fish and other animals) to promote their conservation Control access to resources during construction Act as Hydro-Québec's agent in carrying out the measures and programs included in Schedule of the Nadoshtin Agreement Create an ad hoc committee (Hydro-Québec, FAPAQ and Crees) Designate two special hunting and fishing areas: the Eastmain sector and the Weh-Sees Indohoun sector Wildlife management plan: - Eastmain sector: moose hunting prohibited - Weh-Sees Indohoun sector: bow hunting abolished, firearm hunting restricted to male animals and season shortened by one week - Weh-Sees Indohoun sector: theoretical fishing quotas for lakes larger than 2 ha or located less than 500 m from a road