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ICC Canada Canada ICC Davies, CoordinatorResearch Davies, - LAST ICE AREA ICE LAST Moss
Iqaluit June 4 & 5, 2013 4 June Iqaluit WWF Last Ice Area Area Workshop Last Ice WWF Pitsey TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE THE OF KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONAL Inuit Circumpolar Council
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advocates for Inuit rights internationally. rights Inuit for advocates
Alaska (US) and Chukotka (Russia). The Inuit Circumpolar Council CircumpolarInuit The (Russia). Chukotka and (US) Alaska 160,000 Inuit live in the Arctic spread across Greenland, Canada, Greenland, across spread Arctic in the live Inuit 160,000 Inuit Circumpolar Council
Culture and Language Culture Development Resource Sovereignty Arctic Health security Food Biodiversity rights Human of usewildlife Sustainable Environment Change Climate Contaminants • • • • • • • • • • • What we we What on work Inuit Circumpolar Council
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processes and productsand processes To advance Inuit interests and needs in the circumpolar in the needs and interests Inuit advance To Arctic decision any informs and TK shapes Inuit that ensure To Broadening understanding of Inuit use of the LIA LIA the of use Inuit of understanding Broadening
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organizations in Greenland.in organizations Inuit organizations in Canada and ICC Greenland on Greenland ICC and in Canada organizations Inuit ICC Canada has facilitated and advised on the engagement of engagement the on advised and facilitated hasCanada ICC
ICC in discussions with WWF about the proposed LIA initiative. LIA proposed the about WWF with in discussions ICC Since 2010 Since Inuit Circumpolar Council
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support locally based support
community.” the impact of change on the on change of impact the ecologicaland human species by communities and communities by species of wildlife in the LIA area of area LIA wildlife in the of these of usethe interest, information on trends in in trends on information local density and distribution provide supplementary provide on systematic traditional traditional systematic on to studies knowledge monitoring programs based programs monitoring enhanced long enhanced
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: All forms of materials and media available : available online media forms of materials and All Search criteria Search Document must be focused on LIA including regions and LIA including focused on be must Document Materials that are in French, Danish, Kalaallisut or Kalaallisut Danish, in French, that are Materials
Inuktitut were included provided there was or summary in was there a section provided included were Inuktitut English. Language: literatures, and other media forms. other media and literatures, Types of materials of Types articles, grey peer reviewed were including included, electronically or
that discuss aspects of or about traditional knowledge not do that but knowledge traditional about or of aspects discuss that included. not experts Inuit were TEK formfrom of some include form of traditional knowledge on a subject related to the LIA. Sources LIA. Sources to the related on a subject knowledge traditional of form Focus on TraditionalonKnowledge: Focus some and include knowledge, or Inuit knowledge traditional of subject include areas with criteria. above with the areas include document, other areas can be mentioned must but mentioned or compared, be areas can other document, Geography: Geography: the In or Greenland. Sound Lancaster surrounding communities
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Government websites websites Government PROQUEST databases databases PROQUEST Nunavut Wildlife Wildlife Nunavut Resources Centre Coalition Gale Database Gale EBSCO Database EBSCO Nunavut Database Nunavut Web of Knowledge of Knowledge Web Google Scholar Scholar Google Arctic Science Science and Technology Arctic Information System (ASTIS)
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Summary points Summary
and benefits to all all involved. benefits to and approaches for the mutual exchange of knowledge knowledge exchange of mutual for the approaches devising devising new multidisciplinary and multicultural and communities may contribute is still burgeoning communities is still and burgeoning contribute may knowledge research teams and with holders alike Recognition of the knowledge northerners knowledge the that Inuit, of Recognition
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1980’s and on before, 1980’s
ways from changes fromin wildlife changes migration ways routes, population health, densities and animal behaviour. 1990’s. These changes impact the wildlife wildlife the changes in many impact These 1990’s. changes have have been changes more noticeable since the forms later in the year, is thinner and is thinner breaks up thelater in year, forms in spring. earlier the that suggest Observations and Canada, suggest the ice is changing, ice changing, the the ice is suggest Canada, and both sides of the LIA area of interest, in Greenland Greenland of in interest, area LIA sides of the both Inuit observations observations the fromInuit
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interviews and satellite satellite interviews and data. confirmed by traditional traditional confirmed by knowledge hunter and cap glaciers been glaciers have also cap the coastal and inland coastal and inland the ice Glacier recession recession Glacier in both and Canada Greenland on
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of and within within and LIA. bounds the of the of traditional knowledge traditional knowledge capacity and building outside partnerships, numerous challenges partnerships, numerous challenges remain in wildlife to relation research and spatial planning, research environments research environments participatory toward more Despite the changing Arctic community and and Arctic community the changing Despite
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term and spatial monitoring –
ecologicalcommunity. and theand impact changeof on humanthe and theuse of thesespecies by communities density of wildlife in the LIA area of interest, densityof wildlife in the LIA information on trends in distribution and local knowledge studies to provide supplementary enhanced long enhanced programs based on systematictraditional and TK reportTK would supportand locally based Recommendations from thisliterature search
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INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL national national ITK, Pauktuutit, and and Pauktuutit, ITK,
land claims organizations claims land
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Inuit Governance: Canada Governance: Inuit
Issues such as health, wildlife, wildlife, as health, such change climate Issues etc. COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
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and others; and
level entities, on existing and newly developing newly and existing on entities, level -
making in the Arctic, such as the 2012 International Polar International 2012 the as such Arctic,the in making - 46 Articles 46 From Knowledge to Action, to Knowledge From Nuuk Declaration 2010: Nuuk ICC to develop a clearinghouse that will help record and protect traditional knowledge knowledge traditional protect and record help will that clearinghouse a develop toICC
ICC to use the findings, and build upon the work, of past Inuit land use and occupancy occupancy and use land Inuit past of work, the upon build and findings, the use toICC
ICC to enter into discussions with Inuit hunters through national Inuit organizations and, organizations Inuit national through hunters Inuit with discussions into enter to ICC
health, sustainable utilization of wildlife, contaminants, biological diversity, and climate change climate and diversity, biological contaminants, wildlife, of utilization sustainable health, and other mammals and Urge ICC to incorporate Inuit food security issues into its work on work its into issues security food Inuit incorporate to ICC Urge and mammals other and contaminants, climate change, and regulatory decisions taken by others on polar bears, seals, bears, polar on others by taken decisions regulatory and change, climate contaminants, Address the negative impact on Inuit food security brought on by the synergistic effects of effects synergistic the by on brought security food Inuit on impact negative the Address
of Inuit and facilitate information exchange between Inuit of the circumpolar region; circumpolar theof Inuit between exchange information facilitate and Inuit of Instruct
Year conference, conference, Year science into action and decision and action into science Encourage ICC to contribute to activities that incorporate traditional knowledge and western western and knowledge traditional incorporate that activities to contribute to ICC Encourage
use resources in a wise and prudent manner; prudent and wise a in resources use international sustainability covenants that both strengthen and promote the rights of Inuit to Inuit of rights the promote and strengthen both that covenants sustainability international where appropriate, through their regional their through appropriate, where Urge
studies and similar research to effectively and proactively respond to the increasing use by by use increasing the to respond proactively and effectively to research similar and studies zones. coastal and waters, ice, sea Inuit of others Direct
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discussions and commitments commitments and discussions Arctic. with the dealing Arctic Nation States must States Nation Arctic of rights and roles the respect internationalin all Inuit That use and occupation is at is occupationand use That informed any of heart the in Sovereignty of discussions Arctic the History and reality of Inuit use Inuit of reality and History Lands Arctic of occupation and Waters and
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process. ie. The development of a TK Expert Group to support this support to Group TK Expert a of development The ie.
incorporated. their processes, which allow for these concepts to be to concepts these allow for which processes, their Arctic Council working groups could develop mechanisms within within mechanismsdevelop could groups Councilworking Arctic
making. Meaningful use of TK and science together for better decision better for together science and TK of use Meaningful
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Traditional Knowledge Principles Knowledge Traditional
. Research needs and objectives to be identified by all project partners. partners. all identified project by to be and objectives needs Research .
regards to the scientific aspect of the project. the aspect of scientific to the regards in plain language (using translation where appropriate/required) with appropriate/required) where translation (using plain language in 6. Knowledge is exchanged mutually between TKholders scientists and between mutually is exchanged Knowledge 6.
by TK holders. holders. TKby 5. TK methodologies and final products are peer reviewed and validated peer reviewed products are final and methodologies TK5.
4. Employment of a participatory approach, where appropriate. where a participatory approach, of Employment 4.
from TK holders. TKfrom 3. Culturally appropriate methodologies information gain utilized to are methodologies appropriate Culturally 3.
and to employ experts. and scientific TKemploy holders to and 2. Project funding utilized to gather data from both sources of knowledge knowledge of sources from both data gather to utilized funding Project 2.
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research teams and knowledge research knowledge teams and holders alike are devising new
can be an important contribution within be an important can within contribution numerous disciplines, from provides important important provides insight and interpretation that enriches scientific
multidisciplinary mutual for the exchange approaches and multicultural multidisciplinary knowledge and toof benefits all involved. etc. etc. - natural science, atmospheric/systems, science, natural atmospheric/systems, and health and social science knowledge. knowledge. - The value of traditional knowledge value traditional of knowledge The the resulting is not limited to data, - Inuit Circumpolar Council
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