Under the act we apply only an environmental lens. However, we do look at indirect effects on socio-economic conditions, and by “indirect” I mean if the project causes an environmental effect and that environmental effect in turn brings about a socio-economic effect, we would look at it.
So if a river or stream or lake was going to be destroyed and an aboriginal group was dependent for its income and its livelihood on fishing in that area, then that would be an economic effect that followed from the environmental effect, but we would not look directly at the economics of the development.