Collaborative Programs in Indigenous Communities
Collaborative Programs in Indigenous Communities

Author: Barbara Harrison

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780759100619

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This book is an important reference for developing collaborative programs between indigenous groups and outside experts. The author outlines the process of program design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation for formal or pilot programs. The case study materials provide useful detail for developing projects in education, economic development, social services, and health.

Indigenous Empowerment through Co-management
Indigenous Empowerment through Co-management

Author: Graham White

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2020-02-01

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0774863056

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Co-management boards, established under comprehensive land claims agreements with Indigenous peoples, have become key players in land-use planning, wildlife management, and environmental regulation across Canada’s North. This book provides a detailed account of the operation and effectiveness of these new forms of federalism in order to address a central question: Have co-management boards been successful in ensuring substantial Indigenous involvement in policies affecting the land and wildlife in their traditional territories? Graham White tackles this question, drawing on decades of research and writing about the politics of Northern Canada. He begins with an overview of the boards, examining their legal foundations, structure and membership, decision-making processes, and independence from government. He then presents case studies of several important boards. While White identifies constraints on the role Northern Indigenous peoples play in board processes, he finds that overall they exercise extensive decision-making influence. These findings are provocative and offer valuable insights into our understanding of the importance of land claims boards and the role they play in the evolution of treaty federalism in Canada.

Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology
Indigenous Knowledge, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology

Author: Raymond Pierotti

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-09-10

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 1136939016

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Indigenous ways of understanding and interacting with the natural world are characterized as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), which derives from emphasizing relationships and connections among species. This book examines TEK and its strengths in relation to Western ecological knowledge and evolutionary philosophy. Pierotti takes a look at the scientific basis of this approach, focusing on different concepts of communities and connections among living entities, the importance of understanding the meaning of relatedness in both spiritual and biological creation, and a careful comparison with evolutionary ecology. The text examines the themes and principles informing this knowledge, and offers a look at the complexities of conducting research from an indigenous perspective.

Investing in Indigenous Natural Resource Management
Investing in Indigenous Natural Resource Management

Author: M. K. Luckert

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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This book assesses the case for investing in Indigenous natural resource management (NRM) in tropical Australia. Indigenous people provide a number of public goods in relation to environmental management for which they are not remunerated. Their presence on country should be viewed as a national asset. The health of Australia?s Indigenous people remains unacceptably. Individual and collective engagement with ancestrally significant land and sea improves health outcomes, while also supporting individual autonomy and social cohesion through cultural practices. This book brings together a broad suite of authors with an understanding of Indigenous NRM and the economics thereof. Indigenous NRM emerges as a ?keystone policy area? that could allow integration of many policy fields commonly considered in isolation. The editors of this book all have wide experience in the fields covered by this book. Professor Marty Luckert from the University of Alberta has been offering insights into the economics of environmental management around the world for decades, Professor Bruce Campbell from Charles Darwin University (CDU) has an international reputation for his work on livelihoods among the rural poor, Julian Gorman (CDU) has played a key role in fostering wildlife-based industries among Indigenous people in the monsoonal tropics of the Northern Territory and Professor Stephen Garnett (CDU) has broad experience in management of tropical environments, particularly northern Australia.

Indigenous Empowerment Through Co-management
Indigenous Empowerment Through Co-management

Author: Graham White

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780774863063

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"Co-management boards, established under comprehensive land claims agreements, have become key players in land-use planning, wildlife management, and environmental regulation across Canada's North. This book provides a detailed account of the operation and effectiveness of these boards while addressing a central question: Have they been successful in ensuring substantial Indigenous involvement in policies affecting the land and wildlife in their traditional territories? While identifying constraints on the role Northern Indigenous peoples play in board processes, Graham White finds that overall they exercise extensive decision-making influence. These findings are provocative and offer valuable insights into our understanding of the importance of land claims boards and the role they play in the evolution of treaty federalism in Canada."--