English: 2 DEFINITIONS 2.1.1 In this agreement, "act" includes ordinance; "agreement" means this agreement and "the date of this agreement" means the date on which it is signed by representatives of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and the Gwich’in after ratification; "artificial boundary" means a straight line joining two identified geographic locations or survey monuments; "bed" of a body of water means the land covered so long by water as to wrest it from vegetation, or as to mark a distinct character upon the vegetation where it extends into the water or upon the soil itself; "conservation" means the management of wildlife populations and habitat to ensure the maintenance of the quality and diversity including the long-term optimum productivity of those resources, and to ensure a sustainable harvest and its efficient utilization; "conservation area" means game reserves, sanctuaries, migratory bird sanctuaries, national wildlife areas, and similar areas for the protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat established under federal or territorial legislation except national parks; "consultation" means a. the provision, to the party to be consulted, of notice of a matter to be decided in sufficient form and detail to allow that party to prepare its views on the matter; b. the provision of a reasonable period of time in which the party to be consulted may prepare its views on the matter, and provision of an opportunity to present such views to the party obliged to consult; and c. full and fair consideration by the party obliged to consult of any views presented; "designated Gwich’in organization" means a Gwich’in organization designat ed pursuant to chapter 7; "developer" means any person engaged in development activity; "development activity" means any private, local, territorial or federal government undertaking, or extension thereof, on land or water; "development proposal" means a proposed development activity outside local government boundaries or within such boundaries where the undertaking would be likely to have a significant impact on air, water or renewable resources; "expropriating authority" means the Government of Canada or the Government of the Northwest Territories or any other authority authorized by statute to expropriate land or an interest in land; "expropriation" means the compulsory taking of lands or any interest in land; "forest conservation" means the management of forest resources to ensure the maintenance of the quality and diversity, including the long-term optimum productivity of those resources, and to ensure a sustainable harvest and its efficient utilization; "forest management" includes forest conservation, forest firefighting, timber management, reforestation and silviculture; "fur bearers" means the following species endemic to the settlement area:
French: «arbre» Plante ligneuse vivace, à tronc unique, pouvant atteindre plus de huit pieds, et que l'on trouve à l'état sauvage dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, notamment les espèces appartenant au genre Pinus, comme le pin gris et le pin tordu; au genre Larix comme le mélèze laricin; au genre Picea comme l'épinette blanche et l'épinette noire; au genre Abis, comme le sapin subalpin; au genre Salix, comme le saule de Bebb et le saule discolore; au genre Populus, comme le peuplier faux-tremble et le peuplier baumier; au genre Betula, comme le bouleau à papier, le bouleau d'Alaska et le bouleau fontinal; au genre Alnus, comme l'aulne rugueux et l'aulne de montagne; au genre Prunus, comme le cerisier de Virginie et le cerisier de Pennsylvanie. «arpentage officiel» Détermination des bornes-signaux et des points de repère qui marquent une limite et arpentage de toutes les lignes constituant cette limite.