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On the Marginal Value of Swimming in Woodland Caribou
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During fieldwork on 30 May 2017, we observed an unmarked adult male caribou swim between two smaller islands, a distance of 470 m, which took approximately 9 minutes. Given that swimming is...
On the Role of Peat Bogs as Components of Indigenous Cultural Landscapes in Northern North America
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This article explores uses of peat bogs and associated plants and other resources by drawing on the published ethnobotanical and archeological literature pertaining to Indigenous groups that lived and...
Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes
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Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes. However, the underlying...
RE3 Conference
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Event Date and Time
June 11th, 2023 at 12:00am EST to June 15th, 2023 at 6:00pm EST
Quebec City, QC
Organization
We are proud to host a joint conference between the Society for Ecological Restoration – Eastern Canada (SER-EC) and the Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA) from June 11 th to 15 th, 2023, at...
Relationships between Rangifer and Indigenous Well-being in the North American Arctic and Subarctic: A Review Based on the Academic Published Literature
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Society of Wetland Scientists 2023 Annual Meeting
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Event Date and Time
June 27th, 2023 at 12:00am to June 30th, 2023 at 11:59pm
Spokane, WA
Organization
The Society of Wetland Scientists will convene on June 27-30, 2023 at the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane, Washington to discuss this year's topic: Wetland Adaption from Floodplains to Ridgelines...
Society of Wetland Scientists Twitter Symposium
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Event Date and Time
January 18th, 2021 at 12:00pm CST to January 18th, 2021 at 8:00pm CST
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As a follow-up to the SWS 2020 Virtual Meeting held in early December, a Twitter Symposium #SWSVirtualMeetingRecap is being organized! Join us on Twitter Monday, January 18 beginning at noon ET to...
SWS Annual Meeting 2021 - Virtual
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Event Date and Time
June 1st, 2021 at 12:00am to June 10th, 2021 at 11:59pm
ONLINE,
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We look forward to offering you vibrant programming, impactful networking, and opportunities to reflect and connect over the emerging and important topics in our field. Centered around the theme...
“The Caribou Taste Different Now": Inuit Elders Observe Climate Change
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In full colour with photos of the 145 contributing Inuit elders, “The Caribou Taste Different Now” grounds the discussions, debates, and discourses about climate change to material and everyday life in the contemporary Canadian Arctic.
The Impacts of Climate and Social Changes on Cloudberry (Bakeapple) Picking: A Case Study from Southeastern Labrador
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Abstract The traditional subsistence activities of Indigenous communities in Canada's subarctic are being affected by the impacts of climate change, compounding the effects of social, economic and...
The Potential of Carbon Nanoparticles as a Stimulant to Improve the Propagation of Native Boreal Forest Species: A Mini-Review
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Boreal forests across Canada and other geographic areas globally have vast networks or densities of seismic lines, pipelines, access roads, utility corridors, and multipurpose trails collectively termed “linear disturbances” or “linear features.”
The Potential of Rock Dust Nanoparticles to Improve Seed Germination and Seedling Vigor of Native Species: A Review
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Land degradation as a result of unregulated mineral exploration and mining, negatively impacts local communities and vulnerable ecosystems.
The Society of Wetlands Scientists 2020 Virtual Meeting
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Event Date and Time
December 1st, 2020 at 12:00pm to December 3rd, 2020 at 11:59pm
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The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) is planning its inaugural virtual meeting, to occur on December 1-3, 2020. The theme for this ground-breaking meeting is “Wetland Connections Over 40 Years”...
The Third Generation of Pan-Canadian Wetland Map at 10 m Resolution Using Multisource Earth Observation Data on Cloud Computing Platform
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Development of the Canadian Wetland Inventory Map (CWIM) has thus far proceeded over two generations, reporting the extent and location of bog, fen, swamp, marsh, and water wetlands across the country...
Theses - Memorial University of Newfoundland
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The Memorial University Research Repository is an initiative to showcase and preserve Memorial University's creative and intellectual output. The repository will support faculty efforts to discover...
Undermining Subsistence: Barren-Ground Caribou in a “Tragedy of Open Access”
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The paper describes a “tragedy of open access” occurring in Canada’s north as governments open up new areas of sensitive barren-ground caribou habitat to mineral resource development. A growing body of science and traditional knowledge research points to the adverse impacts of resource development; however, management efforts have been almost exclusively focused on controlling the subsistence harvest of northern Indigenous peoples.