Water-based ecology: A First Nations' proposal to repair the definition of a forest ecosystem

dc.contributor.authorBlackstock, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:53Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:53Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractFirst Nations Elders are very concerned about whether enough clean drinking water will exist for future generations. Three highly respected Elders from the Southern Interior of British Columbia helped the author investigate First Nations water-based ecology: Mary Thomas from the Secwepemc (Shuswap), Millie Michell from the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson), and Mary Louie from the Syilx (Okanagan) Nation. This paper follows on from the author's previous examination of First Nations' spiritual and ecological perspectives on water (BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 1(1):54-68). The Elders' vision of the relationships between water, land, and animals highlights an apparent shortcoming in Western science's definition of an ecosystem. In this paper, the author encourages a shift towards water-based ecosystem management, proposing to repair of the definition of forest ecosystems in a way that interweaves First Nations' philosophy with Western science's ecosystem-based management approach.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier1541en
dc.identifier.citationBC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 2(1): 1-6en
dc.identifier.issn1488-4666en
dc.identifier.other1541_Water_based_ecology.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66406en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherKamloops, BC: FORREX-Forest Research Extension Partnershipen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS2/vol2_no1_art4.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2002 FORREX Forest Research Extension Partnershipen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectTemperate zonesen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleWater-based ecology: A First Nations' proposal to repair the definition of a forest ecosystemen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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