When the Caribou Do Not Come: Indigenous Knowledge and Adaptive Management in the Western Arctic

Parlee, Brenda L.

ISBN 10: 0774831197 / ISBN 13: 9780774831192

Published by University of British Columbia Press, 2018

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2018. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When the Caribou Do Not Come: Indigenous Knowledge and Adaptive Management in the Western Arctic
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774831197
• ISBN 13: 9780774831192
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the 1990s, headlines about declining caribou populations grabbed international attention. Were caribou the canary in the coal mine for climate change, or did declining numbers reflect overharvesting or failed attempts at scientific wildlife management? Grounded in community-based research in northern Canada, a region in the forefront of co-management efforts, these collected stories and essays bring to the fore the insights of the Inuvialuit, Gwich’in, and Sahtú, people for whom caribou stewardship has been a way of life for centuries. Ultimately, this powerful book drives home the important role that Indigenous knowledge must play in understanding, and coping with, our changing Arctic ecosystems.

About the Author

Brenda L. Parlee is associate professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta. Ken J. Caine is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta.