Climate change in northern Quebec: Adaptation strategies from community-based research

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Tremblay, Martin ^a   Furgal, Christopher ^b   Larrivée, Caroline ^c   Annanack, Tuumasi ^d   Tookalook, Peter ^e   Qiisik, Markusi ^f   Angiyou, Eli ^g   Swappie, Noah ^h   Savard, Jean Pierre ^c   Barrett, Michael ^a  

^a Kativik Regional Government   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Consortium Ouranos ^*  (Canada)

^d Renewable Resources Department   (Canada)

^e Renewable Resources Department   (Canada)

^f Kativik Regional Government   (Canada)

^g Kativik Regional Government   (Canada)

^h Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Ice monitoring; Integrated community based monitoring; Northern Quebec; Scientific knowledge; Semi structured interviews; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESEARCH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 59849091827     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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