A Compilation of Archived Writings about Environmental Change in the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins
A Compilation of Archived Writings about Environmental Change in the Peace, Athabasca and Slave River Basins

Author: Jean Crozier

Publisher: The Study

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 66

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Describes a project designed to obtain and record existing ecological knowledge of northern Alberta river basins as recorded in archival documents. The documents researched and recorded in a database for this project included journals of fur traders, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, settlers, and travellers; archived government records such as those from the Geological Survey of Canada and the Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs; and information from the Hudson Bay Company archives. The database consists of 233 records which may be searched for specific ecological information ranging from river flooding to fish harvest, fur trade and weather records, geological and environmental descriptions, and illness and death of both humans and animals.

Northern River Basins Study
Northern River Basins Study

Author: Northern River Basins Study (Canada)

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 292

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Report to the federal ministers of Environment and Indian & Northern Affairs, Alberta's Minister of Environmental Protection, and NWT's Minister of Renewable Resources. Summarises the main scientific findings of the Northern River Basins Study, which was established to examine the relationship between industrial, municipal, agricultural, and other development and the Peace, Athabasca, and Slave River basins. Reviews the characteristics of the northern river basins and their peoples, the organisation of the Study, and major findings in the areas of environmental overview, use of aquatic resources, traditional knowledge, flow regulation, fish distribution and habitat, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, contaminants, drinking water, ecosystem health, modelling, human health, and cumulative effects. Recommendations by the Study Board, First Nations, and scientific advisors regarding such issues as basin management, monitoring, research, public participation, and a successor organisation are then presented. Also includes a summary of opinions, suggestions, and recommendations expressed at 17 community workshops held throughout the northern river basins area.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment - Scientific Report

Author: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-11-07

Total Pages: 1053

ISBN-13: 0521865093

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The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social, and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels. Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was prepared by an international team of over 300 scientists, experts, and knowledgeable members of indigenous communities. The report has been thoroughly researched, is fully referenced, and provides the first comprehensive evaluation of arctic climate change, changes in ultraviolet radiation and their impacts for the region and for the world. It is illustrated in full color throughout. The results provided the scientific foundations for the ACIA synthesis report - Impacts of a Warming Arctic - published by Cambridge University Press in 2004.

Distribution of Organic Contaminants in Bottom Sediments, Peace and Athabasca River Basins, 1988 to 1992
Distribution of Organic Contaminants in Bottom Sediments, Peace and Athabasca River Basins, 1988 to 1992

Author: Brian G. Brownlee

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 58

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Presents results of contaminant analyses of bottom sediments collected from the Peace and Athabasca river basins 1988-90 and 1992. Contaminant groups represented are the polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, resin acids, chlorophenolic compounds, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Contaminant concentrations were correlated with percent organic carbon of the fine fraction (the fraction on which analysis was performed. Correlations between concentrations of bleached kraft mill related contaminants were also investigated and results are presented.

Climate Change and Water
Climate Change and Water

Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / Working Group Technical Support Unit

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9789291691234

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The Technical Paper addresses the issue of freshwater. Sealevel rise is dealt with only insofar as it can lead to impacts on freshwater in coastal areas and beyond. Climate, freshwater, biophysical and socio-economic systems are interconnected in complex ways. Hence, a change in any one of these can induce a change in any other. Freshwater-related issues are critical in determining key regional and sectoral vulnerabilities. Therefore, the relationship between climate change and freshwater resources is of primary concern to human society and also has implications for all living species. -- page vii.

Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change
Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change

Author: Barbara Rose Johnston

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-12-07

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9400717741

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Co-published with UNESCO A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples. It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the functioning viability of nature is both sustained and threatened by humans.

A Report of Wisdom Synthesized from the Traditional Knowledge Component Studies
A Report of Wisdom Synthesized from the Traditional Knowledge Component Studies

Author: Lea Bill

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13:

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"This report compiles native traditional knowledge from the Northern River Basins Study area, as obtained through historical research, personal interviews with First Nations individuals, and completion of an extensive survey. After outlining the processes used to gather traditional knowledge and a historical overview of the northern river basins, the report presents community research results organised to reflect the knowledge of each community in the study area. The results are divided according to subject: health, family and community relationships, traditional knowledge, and future expectations and recommendations. Themes covered include land, water, fish and wildlife, illness and fitness, traditional skills and their transmission from one generation to another, and changes that have occurred since arrival of Europeans. The report ends with a synthesis of knowledge relating to the present spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and intellectual environment."--Pub. desc.

River Ice Breakup
River Ice Breakup

Author: S. Beltaos

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781887201506

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The breakup of a river ice cover can be both fascinating and perilous, owing to ever-changing ice conditions and dynamic processes that sometimes lead to extreme flood events caused by ice jams. Though much progress has been made recently in the study of ice jams, less has been achieved on the more general, and more complex, problem of how to predict the entire breakup process, from the first ice movement to the last ice effect on river stage. This type of knowledge is essential to determining when and where ice jam threats may develop and when they may release and generate steep flood waves that can trigger ice runs and jamming further downstream. In turn, such understanding is invaluable to natural hazard reduction, ecosystem conservation and protection, and adaptation to climatic impacts. This book combines the existing information, previously scattered in various journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports. It contains contributions by several authors to achieve a comprehensive and balanced coverage, including qualitative and quantitative descriptions of relevant physical processes, forecasting methods and flood-frequency assessments, as well as ecological impacts and climatic considerations. The book should be of interest to readers of different backgrounds, both beginners and specialists. -- Publisher's website.