"The Time of the Most Polar Bears": A Co-management Conflict in Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dowsley, Martha, Wenzel, George
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Inuit; polar bears; Ursus maritimus; co-management; Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit; traditional ecological knowledge; climate change; Baffin Bay; western Hudson Bay; ours polaires; co-gestion; connaissances écologiques traditionnelles; changement climatique; baie de Baffin; ouest de la baie d’Hudson; Baie de Baffin; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin; inuit; inuites; inuits; polar bear
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63102

Since the 1990s, Inuit traditional knowledge (Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit) has taken on a substantial role in polar bear management in the Canadian territory of Nunavut through its direct use in quota-setting procedures. A co-management conflict has arisen from an increase of hunting quotas in January 2...