The Role of Trust in Sustainable Management of Land, Fish, and Wildlife Populations in the Arctic
Sustainable resource management depends on support from the public and local stakeholders. Fish, wildlife, and land management in remote areas face the challenge of working across vast areas, often with limited resources, to monitor land use or the status of the fish-and-wildlife populations. Resour...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0f02ac5e8cc24cf987872c9c0f921be9 2023-05-15T14:54:17+02:00 The Role of Trust in Sustainable Management of Land, Fish, and Wildlife Populations in the Arctic Jennifer I. Schmidt Douglas Clark Nils Lokken Jessica Lankshear Vera Hausner 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093124 https://doaj.org/article/0f02ac5e8cc24cf987872c9c0f921be9 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/9/3124 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su10093124 https://doaj.org/article/0f02ac5e8cc24cf987872c9c0f921be9 Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 9, p 3124 (2018) Arctic climate knowledge governance Indigenous trust wildlife land sustainability management natural resources Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093124 2022-12-31T15:24:00Z Sustainable resource management depends on support from the public and local stakeholders. Fish, wildlife, and land management in remote areas face the challenge of working across vast areas, often with limited resources, to monitor land use or the status of the fish-and-wildlife populations. Resource managers depend on local residents, often Indigenous, to gain information about environmental changes and harvest trends. Developing mutual trust is thus important for the transfer of knowledge and sustainable use of land resources. We interviewed residents of eight communities in Arctic Alaska and Canada and analyzed their trust in resource governance organizations using mixed-methods. Trust was much greater among Alaska (72%) and Nunavut (62%) residents than Churchill (23%). Trust was highest for organizations that dealt with fish and wildlife issues, had no legal enforcement rights, and were associated with Indigenous peoples. Local organizations were trusted more than non-local in Alaska and Nunavut, but the opposite was true in Churchill. Association tests and modeling indicated that characteristics of organizations were significantly related to trust, whereas education was among the few individual-level characteristics that mattered for trust. Familiarity, communication, and education are crucial to improve, maintain, or foster trust for more effective management of natural resources in such remote communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Nunavut Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Nunavut Canada Sustainability 10 9 3124 |
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Sustainable resource management depends on support from the public and local stakeholders. Fish, wildlife, and land management in remote areas face the challenge of working across vast areas, often with limited resources, to monitor land use or the status of the fish-and-wildlife populations. Resource managers depend on local residents, often Indigenous, to gain information about environmental changes and harvest trends. Developing mutual trust is thus important for the transfer of knowledge and sustainable use of land resources. We interviewed residents of eight communities in Arctic Alaska and Canada and analyzed their trust in resource governance organizations using mixed-methods. Trust was much greater among Alaska (72%) and Nunavut (62%) residents than Churchill (23%). Trust was highest for organizations that dealt with fish and wildlife issues, had no legal enforcement rights, and were associated with Indigenous peoples. Local organizations were trusted more than non-local in Alaska and Nunavut, but the opposite was true in Churchill. Association tests and modeling indicated that characteristics of organizations were significantly related to trust, whereas education was among the few individual-level characteristics that mattered for trust. Familiarity, communication, and education are crucial to improve, maintain, or foster trust for more effective management of natural resources in such remote communities. |
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The Role of Trust in Sustainable Management of Land, Fish, and Wildlife Populations in the Arctic |
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