Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 627-643
Description
Discusses how Indigenous peoples in Canada are better positioned than those in the United States to shape policy in a way that would ensure their adaptation to climate change.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall , 2007, pp. 88-89
Description
Book review of: Partnerships in Sustainable Forest Resource Management by Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, edited by Heleen Van Den Hombergh and Annelies Zoomers.
Discusses the financing and implementation of various development projects such as hydroelectric dams, and looks at how those projects have affected Indigenous peoples and their way of life.
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 36, September 2007, pp. 177-190
Description
Discusses two aspects of a debate surrounding the concept that indigenous attitude toward the environment and conservation is the most appropriate model.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on various aspects of Indigenous migration with snapshots of different experiences from around the world.
To access this articles, scroll to page 4.
Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada ; 2007
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada ; vol. 28, 2007
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ronald D. Camp
Description
Examines business alliances between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous corporations in Canada; looks at the the activities of one oil company and one environmental assessment company in Ecuador and their interactions with Indigenous people.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 83, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2007, pp. 806-809
Description
Provides an overview of a project that synthesized available information on climate change for the Champagne-Aishihik Traditional Territory (CATT) to support informed forest management decision-making.
Looks at how the collaborative efforts between the British Columbia government, First Nations, environmental groups and the forest companies transformed an era of conflict into a ground-breaking approach to conservation leading to a shift in the way coastal rainforests are managed and the successful integration of Indigenous decision making and community wellbeing.
Examines the tensions between Aboriginal environmental justice with non-renewable resource development and the recognition and reconciliation of Aboriginal interests.
Discusses the socioeconomic outcomes from Indigenous commercial fishing in Canada & New Zealand; and identifies the need for Australia to rethink its policies to ensure that the same rights and benefits accrue to Indigenous Australians.
Outlines how the Pikangikum customary stewardship approach of “Keeping the Land” provides the foundation for woodland caribou habitat conservation in the Whitefeather Forest.
Discusses challenges faced by First Nations and commercial fishers, and the Pacific fisheries support program designed to re-integrate the West Coast fishery.
Society and Natural Resources, vol. 20, no. 3, March 2007, pp. 271-279
Description
Presents some of the institutional and ideological factors that continue to influence the way in which lands and resources are managed by First Nations in the Yukon.
Discusses the exchange of scientific and traditional knowledge on the northern environment to gain a better understanding of the atmospheric and water environments in the Sahtu.
Summary: SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wendy Aupers
Description
"The research of SERC 2, has been undertaken to determine if countervailing opportunities for such communities in other natural resources sectors with respect to the sectors of non-timber forest resources, non-traditional fisheries, local and organic food systems, renewable energy, and eco-tourism existed within Alberta and B.C."
Docu-drama about a young man from the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota who travels to Washington State to live with his uncle to learn about his relatives, the coastal Salish. In the process he also learns about the environment and the salmon.
Duration: 43:59
See resource guide Shadow of the Salmon: Respect the Salmon, Respect Yourself.
Strategy based on 41 commitments based on 5 themes: consultation and joint decision-making, long-term planning, water management, climate change and energy management, and development into departmental policies and processes.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 27-41
Description
Assesses the strengths of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board and the Environmental Assessment process to determine the weaknesses of the Environmental Assessment process, especially in the context of resource developments affecting Aboriginal peoples.
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Commentary from the interviewee about life on the Waitohu Stream, in New Zealand, from a childhood perspective and, later, his adult observations of the same stream.
Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 565-577
Description
Argues that neo-liberal reform in Ontario has served to exacerbate historical disparities in the health, environment
and well-being of First Nations in southern Ontario.