Anishinaabe adaptation to environmental change in northwestern ontario: A case study in knowledge coproduction for nontimber forest products

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Davidson Hunt, Iain J ^a   Idrobo, Julián ^a   Pengelly, Ryan D ^b   Sylvester, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HTFC Planning and Design ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Anishinaabe; Boreal forest; Canada; Coproduction of knowledge; Global environmental change

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TEACHING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84891890765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06001-180444     Document Type: Article

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