Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 58-67
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Looks at controversies surrounding the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline and concerns of the Evenki people.
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Chemosphere, vol. 34, no. 5-7, 1997, pp. 1459-1468
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Studies the high exposure of organochlorines, via food-chain contamination, on Inuit in Northern Quebec, and discusses the impact it has on their health.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
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Examines the similarities between traditional tribal thought as expressed in the writer's work and religious, philosophical and scientific developments in the ecology movement today.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 103-113
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Discusses the differences in the concept of predation between western societies, which regard the predator-prey relationship as antagonistic and the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) viewpoint, which regards this relationship as mutual and interdependent.
Summarizes the results of an ethnobotanical study, conducted during 2002-2006, which documented traditional plant knowledge and ecological values of Elders and other knowledgeable community members.
Comments on the flooding at Red Earth, Saskatchewan and how the media said people were evacuated to Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but many stayed with relatives at the Opaskwayak First Nation at The Pas, or Shoal Lake, Cumberland House and James Smith First Nations.
Presents an introduction on how climate change will significantly impact First Nations people due to their locations, reliance on the environment, and limited adaptation strategies.
Discusses various effects that climate change will have on First Nations communities such as transportation, water quality, infrastructure, housing, and many more.
Provides insight into the challenges facing First Nations people and the ability to demonstrate effective governance that would lead to responses and decisions that could minimize climate change impacts.
Presents recommendations for climate change-related action, taking into account issues relating to First Nations peoples impact, adaptation and mitigation measures.
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
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Looks at the legal rights First Nations people have in Canada to be able to assert to own and to use carbon in trees, and focuses on how Aboriginal, treaty, and land title rights might be exercised so that they can sell credits to industry or government.
Describes the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and sets out the legal framework for the Sencot'en Alliance First Nations' involvement in the planning and management of the park.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 115-148
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Examines the active and effective involvement of the Mi'kmaq Nation in the resource management processes in Nova Scotia and the beneficial use of traditional knowledge in conservation and resource use planning.
Review of data found few studies in this area; author recommends initiation of monitoring programs to gain greater knowledge of the effects of human activity on the marine environment.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 113, no. 1-3, 2006, pp. 19-29
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An evaluation of the Northern Ecosystem Initiative that supports partnership-based approaches important to the conservation, protection, and restoration of northern ecosystems and sustainability of northern communities.