Pangnirtung Inuit and the Greenland Shark: Co-producing Knowledge of a Little Discussed Species

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-414

  Idrobo, Carlos Julián ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic ecosystems; Baffin Island; Co production of knowledge; Cumberland Sound; Fuzzy logic; Greenland shark; Indigenous knowledge; Inuit; Iqalukjuak

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEURISTICS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHARK; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CUMBERLAND SOUND; NUNAVUT; PANGNIRTUNG;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS;

EID: 84862618868     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9490-7     Document Type: Review

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