Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict
"This paper describes one aspect of the legislatively mandated environmental impact assessment process which took place from 1980 through 1987, an institutional arrangement which has been utilized by the U.S. federal government in its on-going Arctic Refuge decision making process. This aspect...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/1203 2023-05-15T14:53:55+02:00 Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict Kofinas, Gary P. North America Canada, United States 1992 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1203 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1203 Inequality and the Commons, the Third Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property September 17-20, 1992 Washington, DC common pool resources wildlife indigenous institutions IASC Conference Paper 1992 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:16:10Z "This paper describes one aspect of the legislatively mandated environmental impact assessment process which took place from 1980 through 1987, an institutional arrangement which has been utilized by the U.S. federal government in its on-going Arctic Refuge decision making process. This aspect is the assessment of impacts of oil development to the Porcupine Caribou Herd. It is my intention that this description will provide insights into the effectiveness of this large-scale impact assessment process, illustrating how its techno-scientific approach to decision making was vulnerable to political interests, and how local indigenous communities have, in turn responded. This paper will examine the handling of matters of equity and uncertainty in the process, and will reflect on state-level and local-level reactions to the impact assessment process." Conference Object Arctic IASC Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) Arctic Canada |
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"This paper describes one aspect of the legislatively mandated environmental impact assessment process which took place from 1980 through 1987, an institutional arrangement which has been utilized by the U.S. federal government in its on-going Arctic Refuge decision making process. This aspect is the assessment of impacts of oil development to the Porcupine Caribou Herd. It is my intention that this description will provide insights into the effectiveness of this large-scale impact assessment process, illustrating how its techno-scientific approach to decision making was vulnerable to political interests, and how local indigenous communities have, in turn responded. This paper will examine the handling of matters of equity and uncertainty in the process, and will reflect on state-level and local-level reactions to the impact assessment process." |
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Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict |
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Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict |
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Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict |
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Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict |
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Porcupine Caribou, Impact Assessment, and Political Agendas: Uncertainty and Inequity in the Arctic Refuge Conflict |
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porcupine caribou, impact assessment, and political agendas: uncertainty and inequity in the arctic refuge conflict |
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