Understanding Socio-Ecological Changes in Inuvialuit Fishing Livelihoods and Implications for Food Security: The Role of Local and Traditional Knowledge

The Mackenzie Delta is an ecologically-rich freshwater environment in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It is vulnerable to multiple stressors such as climate change, resource development activities (oil and natural gas) and upstream-downstream linkages related to extraction activities in the southern...

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Main Author: Heredia, Iria
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Socio-Ecological Changes
Watershed Governance
Food Security
Fishing Livelihoods
Local and Traditional Knowledge
Northwest Territories
Mackenzie Delta
Inuvialuit
Mackenzie watershed
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/96344024-f468-4b1a-acb0-e4d1ab64c453
https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-gw68-1368
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Summary:The Mackenzie Delta is an ecologically-rich freshwater environment in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It is vulnerable to multiple stressors such as climate change, resource development activities (oil and natural gas) and upstream-downstream linkages related to extraction activities in the southern part of the Mackenzie watershed. Resultant socio-ecological impacts affect fishing livelihoods, which represent a significant component of traditional food systems and ways of life for Inuvialuit. This research seeks to effectively mobilize Inuvialuit Knowledge to explore the interconnection between socio-ecological changes in the Mackenzie Delta, fishing livelihoods and food security.

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