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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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McDonald, Miriam; Fleming, Brian |
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Conference:
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Common Property Conference, the Second Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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Conf. Date:
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September 26-30 |
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Date:
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1991 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5430
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Sector:
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Social Organization
Wildlife |
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Region:
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North America |
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Subject(s):
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indigenous knowledge
sustainability
wildlife--case studies
community development
IASC
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Abstract:
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"The basic premise of this particular case study is that traditional knowledge and skills can be incorporated into decision-making processes to develop workable systems for community-based management. As Douglas Nakashima has illustrated Inuit traditional knowledge as a basic for arctic wildlife management is Justified, but it is a question of developing appropriate institutions for that knowledge to be applied and
incorporated into decision—making. The purpose of this paper is to describe development of a community-based management system for commercial harvesting of eiderdown in the Belcher Islands. In doing so, we hope to illustrate how indigenous knowledge is integral to the management process. It is important to note that upon starting this
research and development initiative, there was little consensus
on how to achieve sustainable, community-based development of
living common-property resources in northern Canada or elsewhere.The basic premise of this particular case study is that traditional knowledge and skills can be incorporated into decision-making processes to develop workable systems for community-based management. As Douglas Nakashima has illustrated Inuit traditional knowledge as a basic for arctic wildlife management is Justified, but it is a question of developing appropriate institutions for that knowledge to be applied and
incorporated into decision—making. The purpose of this paper is to describe development of a community-based management system for commercial harvesting of eiderdown in the Belcher Islands. In doing so, we hope to illustrate how indigenous knowledge is integral to the management process. It is important to note that upon starting this
research and development initiative, there was little consensus
on how to achieve sustainable, community-based development of living common-property resources in northern Canada or elsewhere."
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