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RENEWABLE RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
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Renewable Resources and Environment, Scenic photos: Roxanne Poulin/DIAND, other photos: DIAND

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The Renewable Resources & Environment (RRE) Directorate manages the delivery of environmental programs, implements environmental management measures and operates an environmental laboratory. The directorate also has federal responsibility for water resources onshore and offshore in the NWT, maintains a water quality network and conducts a number of water studies.

Directorate staff work to ensure the requirements of the federal Canadian Environmental Assessment Act External link to a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open., the Canadian Environmental Protection Act External link to a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open., the NWT Waters Act External link to a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open., and the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act External link to a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open. are fulfilled by the department in the NWT. They provide expert advice to the NWT Water Board and boards established pursuant to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act External link to a Government of Canada site - A new browser window will open. and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

The directorate is made up of four divisions:


 
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