Denying the Source : The Crisis of First Nations Water Rights

Merrell-Ann Phare

ISBN 10: 1897522614 / ISBN 13: 9781897522615

Published by Rocky Mountain Books Okt 2009, 2009

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Neuware - First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America. Their widespread lack of access to safe drinking water receives ongoing national media attention, and yet progress addressing the causes of the problem is painfully slow. First Nations have had little say in how their waters are, or are not, protected. They have been excluded from many important decisions, as provinces operate under the view that they own the water resources within provincial boundaries, and the federal government takes a hands-off approach. The demands for access to waters that First Nations depend upon are intense and growing. Oil and gas, mining, ranching, farming and hydro-development all require enormous quantities of water, and each brings its own set of negative impacts to the rivers, lakes and groundwater sources that are critical to First Nations. Climate change threatens to make matters even worse. Over the last 30 years, the courts have clarified that First Nations have numerous rights to land and resources, including the right to be involved in decision-making. This book is a call to respect the water rights of First Nations, and through this create a new water ethic in Canada and beyond.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Denying the Source : The Crisis of First Nations Water Rights
• Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Okt 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897522614
• ISBN 13: 9781897522615
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 187W x 117H x 14D millimeters 187 millimeters width by 117 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 192 grams

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Synopsis

First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America. Their widespread lack of access to safe drinking water receives ongoing national media attention, and yet progress addressing the causes of the problem is painfully slow. First Nations have had little say in how their waters are, or are not, protected. They have been excluded from many important decisions, as provinces operate under the view that they own the water resources within provincial boundaries, and the federal government takes a hands-off approach.

The demands for access to waters that First Nations depend upon are intense and growing. Oil and gas, mining, ranching, farming and hydro-development all require enormous quantities of water, and each brings its own set of negative impacts to the rivers, lakes and groundwater sources that are critical to First Nations. Climate change threatens to make matters even worse.

Over the last 30 years, the courts have clarified that First Nations have numerous rights to land and resources, including the right to be involved in decision-making. This book is a call to respect the water rights of First Nations, and through this create a new water ethic in Canada and beyond.

About the Author

Merrell-Ann S. Phare is a member of the Forum for Leadership on Water, serves on numerous advisory committees on behalf of the Center for Indigenous Environmental Resources, the Regulatory Advisory Committee of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and recently finished two three-year terms on the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation.