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Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area

étiquettes: social sciences, agreement negotiation, co-management, land use planning, protected area, national parks, environmental protection plan, institutional development, international analogy, integrated resource management, Inuvialuit Settlement Region

Objectif(s): The main objective of the study is to look at institutional arrangements for involving nearby communities in land use planning for Ivvavik National Park. The researcher will compare these mechanisms for co-managing the wilderness park with case studies of similar areas in Alaska and northern Finland. The work should help the planning communities for the three parks to better understand alternative ways of making land use rules for managing arctic wilderness areas. The researcher will interview officials at the Inuvialuit Joint Secretariat and related resource planning boards resulting from the 1984 Inuvialuit Final Agreement. The researcher will also interview officials at Parks Canada, as the managers of Ivvavik National Park. A semi-structured interview format will be used, consisting of twelve questions related to wilderness issues, institutional activities, and political conflict. All interviews currently planned for 2003 will take place in Inuvik, and the researcher will not be visiting Ivvavik National Park at this time. Based on the outcome of these initial interviews, interviews with additional organizations may be arranged for later in 2003, subject to appropriate consultation with community organizations and approvals.