Environmental Studies Research Funds Annual Report and Budget Released

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October 23, 2018

Minister Wally Schumann today tabled an annual reporting of work completed under the NWT Environmental Studies Research Fund (ESRF).

The ESRF supports research and environmental and social studies relating to oil and gas activity in the NWT.

The fund is supported through the collection of levies from all interest holders of petroleum lands in the onshore areas of the NWT – Exploration Licences, Production Licences, and Significant Discovery Licences alike.

The fund is one way the GNWT uses natural resource activity to support act-based decision-making relating to energy development in the NWT. 

This information is key to the ongoing implementation of the GNWT's trio of energy-related strategies: the NWT Energy Strategy, Petroleum Resources Strategy, and the Climate Change Strategic Framework

View the document here.