International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Explores how Aboriginal people value the lands around them and how that knowledge and information can be incorporated into provincial land-use and resource management.
Environmental Research, vol. 86, no. 2, June 2001, pp. 140-148
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Argues that examination of traditional diets which result in exposure, poor food diets which increase absorption and possible exposure to lead paint is needed to assess potential correlations with blood lead levels.
Arctic, vol. 42, no. 2, Current Perspectives on Western Boreal Forest Life: Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Research in Late , June 1989, pp. 97-108
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Looks at the effects of climate change on the moose and caribou populations, ethnoarchaeological study of moose hunting and butchering in Alaska and Yukon, and the importance of caribou to the Athapaskan lifestyle.
Based on fieldwork that took place in San Salvador, El Salvador. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 109, no. 12, December 2001, pp. 1291-1299
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Study on infant development reports elevated levels of neurotoxins, mercury, PCBs, and lead, and discusses possible protective measures present in nutrient supplements.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 149-160
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Describes the value of using Indigenous knowledge (TEK) from residents of Fort Albany First Nation to provide information about places of environmental concern near Fort Albany, Ontario.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 24, Territory(ies)=Territoire(s), Fall, 2001, pp. 59-76
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Discusses methodology used and initial findings from land use and occupancy study undertaken by the Whitefish Lake First Nation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59.
Explores the role of water spirits in the belief system of Africans and the ramifications of environmental threats to sacred pools. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Sustainable Development, 2001, pp. 50-57
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Describes the challenges faced by the nomadic residents of south and central Sahara due to violence, governmental instability and a possible resurgence of tourism.
To access this article scroll down to page 50.
Discusses the negotiating problems between Aboriginal groups and mining companies and the need to develop a long-term vision about mineral development.
Book reviews of five books:
Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis by Joseph E. Taylor III.
To Fish in Common: The Ethnohistory of Lummi Indian Salmon Fishing by Daniel L. Boxberger.
Messages from Frank's Landing: A Story of Salmon, Treaties, and the Indian Way by Charles Wilkinson.
Fishing Places, Fishing People: Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries edited by Dianne Newell and Rosemary E. Ommer.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 78, no. 1, January/February 2001, pp. 112-114
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Looks at the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Network and how it develops networks of researchers, industry, government and Aboriginal partners, and offers innovative approaches in order to transfer knowledge.
Describes First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) and their mandate to ensure indigenous peoples have their basic human rights respected by national governments.
Looks at a number of successful partnerships between commercial tourism and protected area managers, with both public and private-sector involvement; and identifes the advantages of expanding such partnerships, and the factors which contribute to their success.
Argues that traditional indigenous knowledge needs to be respected and protected so that it is neither used out of context nor used inappropriately by researchers. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.