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A Long Time Ago in the Future: Caribou and The People of Ungava: Ungava Peninsula Caribou Aboriginal Round Table
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The Indigenous Peoples of Ungava self-organized into the Ungava Peninsula Caribou Aboriginal Round Table (“UPCART” or “the Round Table”) in early 2013. For the first time in human history the Peoples...
Biogeochemical Response to Vegetation and Hydrologic Change in an Alaskan Boreal Fen Ecosystem
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
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Peat Loss Collocates with a Threshold in Plant–Mycorrhizal Associations in Drained Peatlands Encroached by Trees
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Drainage-induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We...
Protecting the ‘Caribou Heaven’ A Sacred Site of the Naskapi and Protected Area Establishment in Nunavik, Canada
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This is an article included in the book, "Indigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic" (p.107-124). Abstract Sacred Natural Sites play an essential role in the...
Protecting the ‘Caribou Heaven’ A Sacred Site of the Naskapi and Protected Area Establishment in Nunavik, Canada
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Sacred Natural Sites play an essential role in the expression and transmission of culture, in the conservation of biodiversity, and are a vital means for the manifestation of cultural and spiritual...
Stewardship of Lake Superior Caribou
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Project Description: Biigtigong Nishnaabeg has developed a (draft) caribou Stewardship Plan for its traditional territory, which includes a portion of the Lake Superior Caribou Range and the...
The Third Generation of Pan-Canadian Wetland Map at 10 m Resolution Using Multisource Earth Observation Data on Cloud Computing Platform
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Development of the Canadian Wetland Inventory Map (CWIM) has thus far proceeded over two generations, reporting the extent and location of bog, fen, swamp, marsh, and water wetlands across the country...
Video: Naskapi Observations of the Impacts of Climatic and Socio-Environmental Changes on the Caribou in the Canadian Subarctic and Identification of Priority Adaptation Strategies
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At the 14th North American Caribou Workshop held in September 2012, John Mameamskum presented observations from the Naskapi First Nation of Kawawachikamach, who are dependent on caribou for their livelihood.