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Régions: South Slave Region

étiquettes: caribou, co-management, traditional knowledge, wildlife management, cross-cultural

Objectif(s): The researcher will address three research questions: (a) How can cross-cultural differences be negotiated toward future co-management of the Bathurst caribou herd; (b) How can community-based caribou monitoring be implemented; and (c) What are the mechanisms that create links between scientific knowledge and traditional ecological knowledge and how can they be more widely applied towards co-management? The researcher will to follow up on major differences revealed in a Man and Biosphere High Latitude Ecosystems Directorate comparative study of the management of the Western Arctic and Beverly-Qamanirjuaq caribou herds, assist with the coordination of the proposed community-based monitoring program in Lutsel K'e, and complete a needs assessment as it relates to the dissimination and sharing of local knowledge.

Description du projet: The study is designed to improve the understanding of cross-cultural differences in the co-management of the Bathurst caribou herd. This study will follow up on major differences revealed in a Man and Biosphere High Latitude Ecosystems Directorate comparative study of the management of the Western Arctic and Beverly-Qamanirjuaq caribou herds. The researcher will assist with the coordination of the proposed community-based monitoring program in Lutsel K'e, as well as complete a needs assessment as it relates to the dessimination and sharing of local knowledge. Community members will be consulted about their aspirations, as well as their concerns, about the process of documenting oral traditions and traditional ecological knowledge into electronic databases. Methods to be used include semi-directed interviews, workshops, displays and related activities to communicate information collected through the research project, which will include training and participation of two Community Researchers hired from Lutsel K'e. The researcher recognizes the rights of individuals to withhold information at their discretion. All information gathered will be kept confidential.