Community clusters in wildlife and environmental management: Using TEK and community involvement to improve co-management in an era of rapid environmental change

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-59

  Dowsley, Martha ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Community based management; Inuit; Nunavut; Polar bears; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 63049089545     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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