Development of a Plan for Cumulative Effects Research and Monitoring in the Slave Geological Province, Technical Representatives Workshop (West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, November 2001)
This document is a comprehensive workshop agenda and discussion paper for the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society's Technical Representatives Workshop held November 26-27, 2001 in Yellowknife, focused on developing an interim plan for cumulative effects research and monitoring in the Slave Geological Province. The discussion paper identifies nine priority gaps and issues including knowledge gaps, complex systems understanding, indicators and thresholds, traditional knowledge application, information management, and capacity issues, with recommendations for ecosystem-based frameworks and integrated monitoring approaches.
- Date
- 2001-11-26
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Terriplan Consultants Ltd., IER Planning, Research and Management, North-South Environmental Inc., Department of Sustainable Development - Nunavut, Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Nunavut Impact Review Board, World Wildlife Fund, RWED - GNWT, Lutselk'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Environment Canada, DIAND, Nunavut Planning Commission, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Kitikmeot Hunters and Trappers Association, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Metis Nation of the NWT, North Slave Metis Alliance, NWT/Nunavut Chamber of Mines, Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board, University of Alberta, AXYS Environmental
- Locations
- Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Cambridge Bay, Coronation Gulf, Bathurst Inlet, Kugluktuk, Umingmaktok, Great Bear Lake, Lac de Gras, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, Wha Ti, Rae, Edzo, Dettah, Great Slave Lake, Lutsel K'e, Kitikmeot region
- Parameters
- cumulative effects research, cumulative effects monitoring, valued ecological components, caribou abundance, water quality, fish health, thresholds, carrying capacity, habitat selection, wildlife population viability, ecosystem function, indicators, traditional knowledge, contaminants, climate change, forest fires, industrial activity, subsistence harvest, human health, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, socio-economic effects, information management
- Pages
- 84
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