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Institutional thickening and innovation: reflections on the remapping of the Great Bear Rainforest [PDF]

, 2016
The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Affolderbach, Julia, Clapp, Alex, Guzman, Laura, Hayter, Roger   +3 more
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Crisis Preparation, Capacity Building, and Community Resilience: Lessons From Maui

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 Maui wildfires provide a unique context to explore the impact of nonprofit crisis networks taking a proactive role in community crisis response, leveraging resources, expertise, and networks. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) has been a key player in Maui's local response, providing critical support, mobilizing volunteers, and ...
Lauren Azevedo, Kaila Witkowski, Ratna Dougherty, Christa Remington   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective

Oikos, EarlyView.
The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts, Ronaldo Sousa, Phillip J. Haubrock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest fire in the Eeyou cultural landscapes of Nemaska and Wemindji

FACETS
Forest fires are central to the construction of Indigenous cultural landscapes in the boreal forest. This study documents how the Eeyouch (Eastern Cree) of Nemaska and Wemindji (Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, Canada) interact with forest fires in shaping ...
Guillaume Proulx, Eliane Grant, Hugo Asselin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment tool and integrated index for sustainable oil palm production [PDF]

, 2010
Many prominent sectors of the international agricultural commodities market have been calling upon their stakeholders to define and implement social responsibility and sustainability benchmarks, aiming at product quality and production practices ...
Caliman, Jean-Pierre, Stachetti Rodrigues, Géraldo, Verwilghen, Aude   +2 more
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson, Lou Lécuyer, Juliette Young, Lindsay Stringer, Simon Calla, Erika Juhász, Zsolt Molnár   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging tradition and innovation: strengthening food system resilience through Indigenous Guardian partnerships and knowledge sharing in the Sierra Nevada and British Columbia

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The vitality of an Indigenous food system is directly tied to how well a community can access and care for the lands and waters they have historically stewarded.
Nina M. Fontana, Brenden Mercer, Brian Wallace, Rebecca Allen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

In Defense of Property [PDF]

, 2008
This Article responds to an emerging view, in scholarship and popular society, that it is normatively undesirable to employ property law as a means of protecting indigenous cultural heritage. Recent critiques suggest that propertizing culture impedes the
Carpenter, Kristen A., Katyal, Sonia K., Riley, Angela R.   +2 more
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Shifting the paradigm: An Indigenous knowledge‐based stewardship plan to replenish boreal caribou in Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations' homelands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Indigenous Peoples in northern Alberta, including Dené and Cree of the Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations (ACFN and MCFN), have been using Indigenous laws and stewardship principles to care for their homelands for thousands of years. Since ACFN and MCFN signed Treaty 8 with Canada in 1899, Alberta's land management policies and
Lori Cyprien, Sebastien Fekete, Susan M. Leech, Brian Aih Shing Fung, Anne Hervieux, Chris Wagner, Kalene Gould   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forward Annual Report 2013 [PDF]

, 2014
The CFMC is your local center for philanthropy, working with donors and nonprofits to create healthy, safe, vibrant communities. We work with hundreds of individuals, families and businesses to provide a road map to fulfill their philanthropic vision. We

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