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2019-08-01
Silvano, Renato, Pereyra, Paula
The Amazon Basin is the largest hydrographic basin in the world. People living along the floodplains of the Amazonian rivers have a mixed economy based mainly on small-scale agriculture, fishing and livestock. With about 2200 species of fish, the Amazon basin is recognized as having the most...
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The Importance of Traditional Knowledge for Maintaining Fishing Livelihoods During Times of Change in the Sahtú Region
Download2017-11-01
Few studies have focused on the climate related knowledge and experiences of First Nations including the Sahtú Gotin’e of the Mackenzie River Basin. This project will help address this gap while at the same time investigating how the livelihoods of Sahtú Got’ine fishers are impacted or adapting...
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Research Toolkit Volume 2: Fishing Livelihoods: Harvest and Perceptions of Change Fish Health
Download2017-05-01
Research toolkit for studying harvest of fish. Are community members able to fish for food and share fish within the community and region? How has harvest and the quality and quantity of fish harvested changed in the community over time? How should harvesting of fish be protected for future...
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Research Toolkit Volume 1: Some Ideas on Methods for Community-Based Research on Social-Ecological Change in the Mackenzie River Basin
Download2016-05-01
This document provides some ideas, guidelines, and methods (a toolkit) for community-based research on socio-ecological change in the Mackenzie River Basin. This includes recording oral histories, on-the-land research, youth-elder gatherings, media (photography, video), measuring water levels and...
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2017-12-01
Tracking Change… is a new research initiative funded by the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada and led by the University of Alberta, the Traditional Knowledge Steering Committee of the Mackenzie River Basin Board, the Government of the Northwest Territories and many other...
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2016-10-01
The Lower Mackenzie sits within the jurisdiction of the Government of the Northwest Territories. The watershed is recognized internationally as an important area of ecological biodiversity. It is one of the largest deltas in North America and has been a focus of exploration and development for...
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2019-06-01
Parlee, Brenda; D'Souza, Amabel
Given the limits of resources and time established for this project, this report should not be considered a comprehensive overview of all available documented Traditional Knowledge for this watershed. The Athabasca River Watershed comprises both Treaty #8 and Treaty #6. There are at least nine...
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2018-10-01
In February 2017 the Tracking Change project hosted a Global Knowledge Symposium at Ubon Ratchthani University in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The Symposium was an opportunity to bring together those participating in the project from the Mackenzie, Amazon and Mekong River Basins, allowing for...
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2019-06-01
The Mekong River, flowing 4909 KM through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Vietnam, is one of the greatest river systems in the world. It has great productivity and seasonal variation that provides rich biodiversity for over 60 million people living in the...
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2018-01-01
Many First Nations across Canada face challenges in ensuring the drinking water they have from the land and in their communities is safe to drink. In the Northwest Territories, communities and the government are working together in a variety of ways to ensure drinking water is safe and drinking...