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Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: social sciences, caribou, traditional knowledge, wildlife

Objectif(s): To gather local and traditional knowledge on Peary caribou and Dolphin-Union Caribou.

Description du projet: The Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT) and the Government of NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources are conducting a Peary Caribou and Dolphin-Union Caribou traditional knowledge project in the ISR. The purpose of the study is to gather local and traditional knowledge on Peary caribou and Dolphin-Union Caribou. This information will be used alongside scientific information by the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT) and Environment of Natural Resources to help manage these caribou. The information will also be used to assess the status of Peary Caribou under the Species at Risk (NWT) Act and inform the development of the national Recovery Strategy as required under the federal Species at Risk Act. Interviews will be conducted with people in the community of Ulukhaktok that are identified by the Olokhatomiut Hunters and Trappers committee (HTC) and are holders of knowledge about Peary and Dolphin-Union Caribou. Maps will be available to mark geographical information and to reference during interview. These will then be digitized using GIS. There will be a translator and community worker hired in the community to assist with interview as well as provide capacity building opportunities in the community. Approximately 10 community members will be chosen to participate as interviewee. A Community worker and/or a Youth worker will also be hired from Ulukhaktok to assist with the interviews. Translators will also be hired to assist with the interviews. The researchers will be producing a report to be distributed in the community. Subject to funding they will conduct a community meeting to communicate results of the project. Results will also be incorporated into the publically released species status reports as prepared for the Species at Risk (NWT) Act, and the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT) and the Inuvialuit Game Council will be provided regular updates on the study’s progress and results. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from September 8, 2011 to December 31, 2011.