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A major challenge in achieving sustainability is resolving conflicts between competing stakeholders over the use of natural resources. Recent literature on land use planning proposes the use of innovative shared decision-making (SDM) or collaborative planning models to resolve planning disputes. British Columbia (B.C.) is the only jurisdiction that has applied SDM approaches in a systematic way for land and resource use planning on Crown land. This program provides a unique opportunity to evaluate these new approaches. The purpose of this research is to assess the effectiveness of the SDM approach used to develop the B.C. Land and Resource Management Plans (LRMPs). Based on a literature review of dispute resolution,...
A number of characteristics, unique to northern Canada, have together resulted in the adoption of fundamentally different processes for establishing protected areas in that region from those traditionally utilised in the south. Governmental recognition of these characteristics, in combination with the 1993 settlement of the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA) comprehensive land claim, has led to the development of unique arrangements in the Yukon for protected area co-management by state and aboriginal interests. This study aims to evaluate changes to Yukon protected area management strategies pursuant to the settlement of aboriginal claims and increased local community involvement. Based on primary data, recommendations...
The settlement of land claim agreements between First Nation groups and the governments of Canada and the Yukon has ushered in a new era in land and resource management in the Yukon Territory. The Yukon First Nations Final Agreements are detailed documents that create a structure for shared responsibility, jurisdiction, and ownership over land and resources. This project examines the provisions of the Yukon First Nations Final Agreements in terms of their ability to promote sustainable development. The project undertakes four main tasks. Firstly, it explores the tricky and often overused term sustainable development and proposes a functional definition of its principles. Secondly, it identifies the provisions of...
The history of water resources management in the Yukon has been characterized by conflict. This problem is due to the failure to address the interrelationships between water and land resources. Although many parts of the Yukon remain largely undisturbed wilderness areas, development pressures place increasing demands on Territorial water resources. To ensure these stresses do not degrade Yukon waters to the extent common in many Canadian regions, a reevaluation of the legal and administrative arrangements for water management in the Yukon is required. A majority of the legislation pertaining to water management in the Yukon was introduced in the 1970s and is unable to address many contemporary issues. The recent...
This study took a regional approach to examining the policies, decision making and planning processes, and management strategies of ten agency-managed bear viewing sites in Alaska. The bear viewing area site opportunities were categorized based on their social, environmental, and managerial factors to provide an understanding of the current spectrum of agency-managed bear viewing opportunities within a regional context. The sites represented a diversity of agencies, visitation levels, and management approaches in two regions of Alaska. This provided a basis for comparing visitor management strategies and resulting implications in a regional context. Results suggest bear viewing area managers could benefit from more...
Ecological modelling is increasing in importance to facilitate the development of sustainable management planning of terrestrial ecosystems and integrate social and economic objectives. As models have become more complex and include many state variables, modelling software platforms have been developed to support development projects. However, few modelling software platforms integrate software components or applications to facilitate the interpretation of simulation results. Recent advances in computing technology and the increasing availability of free or open-source software allow the efficient integration of different software applications to support modelling development efforts and analysis of simulation results....
This paper explores how a structured decision process, based on methods from the decision sciences, can contribute to the integration of local and scientific knowledge in environmental decision making. Emphasis is placed on the use of key decision structuring steps and analytical tools to help ensure the systematic treatment of both fact-based and value-based knowledge claims. Practical methods are discussed for communicating and evaluating values and technical information across participants and cultures in ways that are methodologically rigorous and encourage different sources of credible knowledge to be considered on equal footing. Examples are presented from water use planning in British Columbia, Canada, where...
PURPOSE: The transformation of the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) (172nd SIB) at Fort Wainwright and Fort Richardson, Alaska into a Stryker Brigade Combat Team is proposed. Generally, the Army has proposed to transform the current Legacy Force to an Objective Force over the next 30 years. The "Army Vision" is to transform its force structure to be substantially more responsible, deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable than the current force structure. This transformation would affect most aspects of the Army's doctrine, training, leader development, organization, installations, materiel, and soldiers. The 172nd SIB was selected for transformation as part of this overall program because...
Executive Summary: ... In response to criticisms of the northern regulatory regimes, in particular that of the Northwest Territories, and to calls for change, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) developed the Northern Regulatory Improvement Initiative. The Northern Regulatory Improvement Initiative has a two-fold approach, focussing on both concrete, operational-level improvements to areas of federal responsibility, while building a longer-term regulatory improvement agenda. The longer-term approach included a detailed examination of the current regulatory systems for non-renewable resources in Northern Canada and a process to make improvements. This report is in response to the Cabinet Directive and the Northern...
Abstract: In this article we extend the theory of community prediction by presenting seven hypotheses for predicting community structure in a directionally changing world. The first three address well-studied community responses to environmental and ecological change: ecological communities are most likely to exhibit threshold changes in structure when perturbations cause large changes in limiting soil or sediment resources, dominant or keystone species, or attributes of disturbance regime that influence community recruitment. Four additional hypotheses address social-ecological interactions and apply to both ecological communities and social-ecological systems. Human responsiveness to short-term and local costs...
A logical starting point for climate change adaptation in the forest sector is to proactlvely identify management practices and policies that have a higher likelihood of achieving management objectives across a wide range of potential climate futures. This should be followed by implementation of these options and monitoring their success in achieving management objectives within an adaptive management context. Here, we implement an approach to identify locally appropriate adaptation options by tapping into the experiential knowledge base of local forest practitioners while at the same time, building capacity within this community to implement the results. We engaged 30 forest practitioners who are involved with...
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Since its establishment in 1903, the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) has grown to 635 units and 37 Wetland Management Districts in the United States and its territories. These units provide the seasonal habitats necessary for migratory waterfowl and other species to complete their annual life cycles. Habitat conversion and fragmentation, invasive species, pollution, and competition for water have stressed refuges for decades, but the interaction of climate change with these stressors presents the most recent, pervasive, and complex conservation challenge to the NWRS. Geographic isolation and small unit size compound the challenges of climate change, but a combined emphasis on species that refuges were established...
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This paper explores how a structured decision process, based on methods from the decision sciences, can contribute to the integration of local and scientific knowledge in environmental decision making. Emphasis is placed on the use of key decision structuring steps and analytical tools to help ensure the systematic treatment of both fact-based and value-based knowledge claims. Practical methods are discussed for communicating and evaluating values and technical information across participants and cultures in ways that are methodologically rigorous and encourage different sources of credible knowledge to be considered on equal footing. Examples are presented from water use planning in British Columbia, Canada, where...
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PURPOSE: The sale of two oil and gas development leases (tracts 191 and 199) in the Cook Inlet Planning Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf is proposed. Lease Sale 191 is scheduled for 2004 and Lease Sale 199 for 2006. The proposed sales would include consideration of 517 whole or partial lease blocks in the Cook Inlet Planning Area, encompassing approximately 2.5 million acres. The area under consideration is located seaward of the Alaska submerged lands boundary in the Cook Inlet and extends from three to 30 miles from the shoreline in water depths ranging from 30 feet to more than 650 feet. The area lies between Kalgin Island on the south to a point near Shuyak Island. Only a small percentage of the blocks...
map background search result map search result map Cook Inlet Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sales 191 and 199 Final Environmental Impact Statement. 3 Volumes Integrating science and local knowledge in environmental risk management: A decision-focused approach Climate Change Adaptation for the US National Wildlife Refuge System Quantifying the Role of Viewing the Denali “Big 5” in Visitor Satisfaction and Awareness: Conservation Implications for Flagship Recognition and Resource Management Recent volume and area changes of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, Canada Recent volume and area changes of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, Canada Quantifying the Role of Viewing the Denali “Big 5” in Visitor Satisfaction and Awareness: Conservation Implications for Flagship Recognition and Resource Management Cook Inlet Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sales 191 and 199 Final Environmental Impact Statement. 3 Volumes Climate Change Adaptation for the US National Wildlife Refuge System Integrating science and local knowledge in environmental risk management: A decision-focused approach