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Book Indigenous Peoples  National Parks  and Protected Areas

Download or read book Indigenous Peoples National Parks and Protected Areas written by Stan Stevens and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""This passionate, well-researched book makes a compelling case for a paradigm shift in conservation practice. It explores new policies and practices, which offer alternatives to exclusionary, uninhabited national parks and wilderness areas and make possible new kinds of protected areas that recognize Indigenous peoples' rights and benefit from their knowledge and conservation contributions"--Provided by publisher"--

Book First Nations and the Establishment of Protected Areas in BC

Download or read book First Nations and the Establishment of Protected Areas in BC written by Patricia Marie De Macedo and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1999 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Caring for Eeyou Istchee

Download or read book Caring for Eeyou Istchee written by Monica E. Mulrennan and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do Indigenous communities in Canada balance the development needs of a growing population with cultural commitments and responsibilities as stewards of their lands and waters? Caring for Eeyou Istchee recounts the extraordinary experience of the James Bay Cree community of Wemindji, Quebec, who partnered with a multi-disciplinary research team to protect a territory of great cultural significance in ways that respect community values and circumstances. By addressing fundamental questions such as what should be protected and how, Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners reveal how protected area creation presents a powerful vehicle for Indigenous stewardship, biological conservation, and cultural heritage protection.

Book Biodiversity and Protected Areas

Download or read book Biodiversity and Protected Areas written by Karen Beazley and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity and Protected Areas assembles twelve topics from around the world, illustrating the complexities and promise of addressing the biodiversity crisis. Authors from Mongolia, Africa, India, Canada, Iraq, and the United States dwell on particular aspects and challenges relevant to those regions. Lessons and approaches from interesting localities, coupled with global analyses give the reader a synthetic view of emerging problems. The opportunities for understanding common issues across different geographies abound, such as comparing local conservation in sub-Saharan Africa with a distribution of very small protected areas in Massachusetts. Several topics will be of immediate interest to policymakers. The book is illustrated with numerous color maps and figures and the authors strove for clear, uncomplicated writing. The editors provide an overview of chapters, placing them in the context of other biodiversity and protected area literature. Students and conservationists attempting to broaden their views of biodiversity and protected areas should find this collection to be interesting.

Book Marine Conservation from a First Nations  Perspective  microform    a Case Study of the Principles of the Hul qumi num of Vancouver Island  British Columbia

Download or read book Marine Conservation from a First Nations Perspective microform a Case Study of the Principles of the Hul qumi num of Vancouver Island British Columbia written by Cheri Anne Ayers and published by Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence for the decline of marine biodiversity is being noted worldwide. Indigenous peoples around the world have a key role to play in marine conservation efforts. With the collapse of many fisheries stocks, including stocks in the Georgia Strait of British Columbia, Canada, the Canadian Federal Government is pursuing conservation strategies such as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Section 35 of Canada's Constitution Act protects indigenous peoples' rights, such as the right to harvest natural resources for food, social and ceremonial use. Conservation efforts that potentially infringe upon Aboriginal rights secure a duty to consult and accommodate First Nations' interests on the Government of Canada. Indigenous peoples on Canada's West Coast often oppose the creation of MPAs as these have the potential to impact their indigenous rights. This opposition has contributed to the delay in the development of MPAs on the Pacific Coast of Canada. This research contributes to understanding of indigenous use of marine resources and how effective government proposed MPAs are in meeting the conservation goals and perspectives of the Hul'qumi'num peoples.

Book Examining the Reintroduction of Indigenous Cultivation and Management Practices in State led Parks and Protected Areas in BC

Download or read book Examining the Reintroduction of Indigenous Cultivation and Management Practices in State led Parks and Protected Areas in BC written by Samantha McGee and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In British Columbia, like many places in Canada and beyond, environmental agencies, organizations, and conservation practitioners are grappling with how to address Indigenous dispossession and decolonize conservation. One approach gaining traction is to initiate projects that partner with Indigenous communities to reintroduce cultivation and management practices within the boundaries of parks and protected areas. This research assesses if and how such initiatives may help state-led conservation to move beyond 'fortress conservation' in the province. Specifically, it examines the institutional and budgetary structures of Parks Canada and BC Parks and explores how they shape the planning, implementation, and outcomes of actual projects that reintroduce Indigenous cultivation and management practices inside state-led protected areas. Data includes key informant interviews with Parks Canada and BC Parks staff, participant observation notes, and relevant legislation, policy, and public documents. Results show that several projects are underway in BC, most occurring within newer types of protected areas designations. Interviewees stated that these projects help their agencies meet ecological and social mandates and catalyze opportunities for Indigenous communities to utilize lands, waters, and resources within park boundaries. However, data and analysis also suggest that institutional policy, legislative, and budgetary structures are limiting the ongoing potential of projects. Structural changes at the highest level should be considered to institutionalize and adequately resource these practices as a formal mandate of state-led conservation.

Book Staying the Course  Staying Alive

Download or read book Staying the Course Staying Alive written by Biodiversity BC. and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Towards Principled Oceans Governance

Download or read book Towards Principled Oceans Governance written by Donald R. Rothwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia and Canada have been at the forefront of efforts to operationalize integrated oceans and coastal management. Throughout the 1990s both countries devoted considerable effort to developing strategies to give effect to international ocean management obligations. This key book focuses on principles of marine environmental conservation and management, maritime regulation and enforcement, and regional maritime planning and implementation. With contributions from respected scholars, this informative book collectively assesses the obligations, compliance, implementation and trends in international ocean law, particularly in giving effect to an Oceans Policy, regional maritime planning, international oceans governance, and maritime security. This book will be of interest to all academics involved with maritime studies and international law.

Book Counting Canada s Natural Capital

Download or read book Counting Canada s Natural Capital written by Mark Peter Anielski and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the market benefits of harvesting timber or extracting oil and gas are measured in terms The report also noted that in many regions, little is of their contribution to Canada's GDP, the value of known about the status and economic value of ecosys- most of the boreal region's ecosystem services is tem services. [...] Boreal Canada: State of the Ecosystem, State of Industry, Emerging Issues and Projections (Report to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy) (Ottawa: National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 2004). [...] Some exists (for ethical reasons).25 accounting for the appearance and disappearance of ecosystem features may be possible in a limited form For the purposes of accounting for the boreal region's of account."27 Therefore, this study is pioneering in natural capital and ecosystem functions, the UN the conceptual design and practical construction of Handbook of National Accounting, Integrated Enviro [...] For example, it was possible While the availability of physical or quantitative data was to account for the amount of carbon stored and annually a serious constraint to the construction of a set of boreal sequestered by forests and peatlands in the boreal ecosystem accounts, we were fortunate to have access to region and estimate a range of economic values for a wealth of spatial, geo-coded inform [...] The PSR is a convenient representation of the linkages among the pressures exerted on the land by human activities (pressures), the change in quality of the resource (state), and the response to these changes as society attempts to release the pressure or to rehabilitate land that has been degraded (response).

Book Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage

Download or read book Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage written by Catherine Bell and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral remains, and control over intangible heritage are governed by a complex legal and policy environment. This volume looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. Legal and extralegal avenues for reform are examined and opportunities and limits of existing frameworks are discussed. Is a radical shift in legal and political relations necessary for First Nations concerns to be meaningfully addressed?

Book The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Indigenous Peoples

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Indigenous Peoples written by Richard Butler and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Indigenous Peoples presents an up-to-date, critical and comprehensive overview of established and emerging themes around Indigeneity and connections between Indigenous peoples and tourism development. Offering socio-cultural perspectives and multidisciplinary insights from leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and tourism practitioners, the book explores contemporary issues, challenges and trends. Organised into six sections, the handbook explores Indigenous community involvement in tourism, Indigenous entrepreneurship and innovation, Indigenous tourism policies and politics, and the complexities of colonialism and decolonisation issues. This text focuses on the active role that Indigenous peoples have in the industry and uses international case studies and experiences to explore the global context of Indigenous tourism. This handbook fills a notable gap by offering a critical and detailed understanding of the role of Indigenous practitioners and societies in tourism and how they interact within the tourism nexus. It will be of interest to scholars, students, tourism practitioners and policymakers working in tourism, development studies, anthropology, human geography and sociology.

Book Marine conservation from a First Nations  perspective

Download or read book Marine conservation from a First Nations perspective written by Cheri Anne Ayers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence for the decline of marine biodiversity is being noted worldwide (Pauly and Watson, 2003). Indigenous peoples around the world have a key role to play in marine conservation efforts. With the collapse of many fisheries stocks, including stocks in the Georgia Strait of British Columbia, Canada, the Canadian Federal Government is pursuing conservation strategies such as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Section 35 of Canada's Constitution Act protects indigenous peoples' rights, such as the right to harvest natural resources for food, social and ceremonial use. Conservation efforts that potentially infringe upon Aboriginal rights secure a duty to consult and accommodate First Nations' interests on the Government of Canada. Indigenous peoples on Canada's West Coast ofen oppose the creation of MPAs as these have the potential to impact their indigenous rights. This opposition has contributed to the delay in the development of MPAs on the Pacific Coast of Canada. This research contributes to understanding of indigenous use of marine resources and how effective government proposed MPAs are in meeting the conservation goals and perspectives of the Hul'qumi'num peoples. First Nations' marine conservation and management principles, goals and objectives are explored, through a case study of a Central Coast Salish indigenous group, the Hul'qumi'num. These approaches are compared to current government principles and strategies. Some similarities exist between the two, although there are fundamental differences that may be dificult to reconcile. The Hul'qumi'num worldview that everything is connected has some similarities to ecosystem-based management where humans are viewed as part of the ecosystem. However, in a Hul'qumi'num philosophy, humans are a fundamental component of the ecosystem, whereas ecosystem-based management recognizes humans as part of the ecosystem in order to better manage anthropogenic impacts. Simply integrating traditional ecological knowledge in current management efforts does not go far enough to address the goal of reconnecting Hul'qumi'num Mustimuhw (people) to the marine environment and resources. Attitudes towards permanent no-take zones are influenced by beliefs such as limiting aboriginal rights by closing areas to harvesting. Participant support for permanent no-take zones was significantly increased if the notake areas were proposed and managed by Hul'qumi'num. Community-based management, where First Nations have a legitimate role in managing may begin to address this gap. Further exploration of how to accommodate First Nations' principles, goals and objectives directly in marine conservation and management of marine resources will increase the success of marine conservation eforts on the Pacific Coast of Canada. This thesis provides the beginning of a foundation to bridge between current government conservation strategies and traditional management systems. The integration of social sciences and natural sciences in conservation eforts will increase the acceptance and success of conserving marine ecosystems.

Book Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples

Download or read book Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The document summarizes the report that, based on a review of more than 250 studies, demonstrates the importance and urgency of climate action to protect the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories of Latin America as well as the indigenous and tribal peoples who protect them. These territories contain about a third of the continent's forests. That's 14% of the carbon stored in tropical forests around the world; These territories are also home to an enormous diversity of wild fauna and flora and play a key role in stabilizing the local and regional climate. Based on an analysis of the approaches that have proven effective in recent decades, a set of investments and policies is proposed for adoption by climate funders and government decision-makers in collaboration with indigenous and tribal peoples. These measures are grouped into five main categories: i) strengthening of collective territorial rights; ii) compensate indigenous and tribal communities for the environmental services they provide; iii) facilitate community forest management; iv) revitalize traditional cultures and knowledge; and v) strengthen territorial governance and indigenous and tribal organizations. Preliminary analysis suggests that these investments could significantly reduce expected carbon emissions at a low cost, in addition to offering many other environmental and social benefits.

Book Preserving what is Valued

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  • Author : Miriam Clavir
  • Publisher : UBC Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780774808613
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Preserving what is Valued written by Miriam Clavir and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a conservator at the U. of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology, this text examines the complex issues surrounding the preservation of First Nations artifacts. Drawing upon interviews with elders and other members of various First Nations groups, Clavir presents their perspectives on cultural preservation. She also discusses the science and ethics of museum conservation. Black and white photographs of museum workers, artists, and First Nations people accompany the text. Distributed by Raincoast Books. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Winter Tourism

Download or read book Winter Tourism written by Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider and published by CABI. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter tourism has seen increased levels of investment in recent times, in an effort to reduce economic risk, address environmental concerns and adapt to the effects of global warming. New ski destinations are developing and merging with traditional ones to increase spatial distribution, while many established leading resorts are adapting their management models. Climate change adaptation processes are supported by the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy consumption in ski resorts. Current planning challenges include the increasing importance of scenic beauty, nature and sustainable development, as well as snow reliability, snow management and safety issues.