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This thesis investigates the ways in which oil and gas development priorities and concern for the environment are integrated within strategic planning and management frameworks, and how associated conflict is addressed, in a case study of the Yukon. Because substantial ground-based oil and gas activity is yet to occur in the territory, a thorough understanding of the institutions and the institutional arrangements set to govern future oil and gas development is a valuable tool for gauging the capacity to integrate these priorities. Therefore, this thesis employs the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework to analyze the legislation, regulations, policies, and institutions involved in this process,...
The absence of boreal forests from global policy agendas on sustainable development and climate change mitigation represents a massive missed opportunity for environmental protection. The boreal zone contains some of the world's largest pools of terrestrial carbon that, if not safeguarded from a conversion to a net source of greenhouse gases, could seriously exacerbate global climate change. At the same time, boreal countries have a strong tradition of forest management ? expertise that could be effectively leveraged towards global and national carbon mitigation targets and sustainable development. Current obstacles against such contributions include weak incentives for carbon sequestration and a reluctance to embrace...
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This project aimed to gain better understandings of northern Indigenous risk perception related to food safety and to identify the role that Indigenous knowledge (IK) plays in risk management processes to support more effective and culturally relevant benefit-risk (B-R) management strategies. The project used an exploratory qualitative case study design to investigate the role and place of IK in the management of environmental contaminants exposure via consumption of traditional foods in Yukon First Nations (YFNs). Forty-one semi-directive interviews with Traditional Food Knowledge Holders and Health and Environment Decision-makers were conducted. A review and analysis of organizational documents related to past...
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PURPOSE: The construction of transit-related improvements to develop transportation access and infrastructure at both the Northern and Southern areas of the Hatcher Pass Recreational Area located 55 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska is proposed. Hatcher Pass is a popular year-round recreational area in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) that has experienced a steady annual increase in visitation numbers over the last decade and an increase of 34 percent between 2008 and 2009. Current recreational use of the areas includes Nordic and Alpine skiing, snowboarding, all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile use, mountain biking, hiking, mountain racing, sledding, hunting, horseback riding, berry picking, and paragliding. Both...
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The US Forest Service is responsible for restoring, sustaining, and enhancing forests and grasslands while providing and sustaining benefits to the American people. Because of these responsibilities, federal scientists and land managers are tasked with reducing the negative effects of climate change on ecosystem function and services, while promoting and enabling beneficial aspects (US Forest Service 2008, 2009).
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This dissertation is an exploration of forests as understood and encountered from numerous perspectives in the Yukon Territory. Dealing primarily with non-indigenous Yukon residents who hunt, trap, work, recreate within, and aim to protect Yukon forests, it addresses the origins and implications of diverse forest perspectives in Canada's north. This work is based primarily off of anthropological fieldwork that took place in the Yukon Territory in 2009. Methods included archival research, interviews and participant observation. As a means of exploring the origin of forest perspectives, the author focuses on four key areas: Yukon forest history and contemporary forest views that invoke forest history, different experiences...
map background search result map search result map How does "science" help resource management at Denali National Park and Preserve? Matanuska-Susitna Borough Wetlands Management Plan. Prepared for Matanuska-Susitna Borough Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level HATCHER PASS RECREATIONAL AREA ACCESS, TRAILS, AND TRANSIT FACILITIES, HATCHER PASS, ALASKA. [Part 4 of 6] The role of Indigenous knowledge in environmental health risk management in Yukon, Canada Shades of Green: The social nature of Yukon forests An ecosystem approach to wildlife management in wilderness areas: a case study of the Greater Kluane Region Emissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options HATCHER PASS RECREATIONAL AREA ACCESS, TRAILS, AND TRANSIT FACILITIES, HATCHER PASS, ALASKA. [Part 4 of 6] How does "science" help resource management at Denali National Park and Preserve? An ecosystem approach to wildlife management in wilderness areas: a case study of the Greater Kluane Region Matanuska-Susitna Borough Wetlands Management Plan. Prepared for Matanuska-Susitna Borough Shades of Green: The social nature of Yukon forests Emissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options The role of Indigenous knowledge in environmental health risk management in Yukon, Canada Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level