Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Caribout in the News November 2009

Official claims of declining caribou a deliberate hoax, says outfitter
The Canadian Press
YELLOWKNIFE — Caribou herds aren't shrinking; scientists are just looking in the wrong place. That's the opinion of some aboriginal elders and at least one ...
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Trial for Point Hope caribou killing delayed
TheNewsTribune.com
The trial of the men accused of wasting caribou during a hunt near Point Hope, scheduled to begin this month, has been pushed back, according to court ...
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West Moberly First Nations files caribou petition with BC Supreme Court
Energeticcity.ca
West Moberly First Nations wants the BC Supreme Court to overrule a government decision that allows mining in caribou habitat. In September, the Ministry of ...
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First Nation Takes BC to Court to Protect the Last 11 Caribou From Coal Mining
SYS-CON Media (press release)
"Since 2008, we have been struggling to protect the last 11 remaining caribou of the Burnt Pine caribou herd from extinction. So it was a sad day when MEMPR ...
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Teacher recalls mass caribou kill
Alaska Dispatch
Editor's note: When Point Hope teacher Kurt Schmidt discovered dozens of dead caribou on the tundra near the village in summer 2008, he was outraged. ...


 Caribou investigation raises more questions than it answers
Alaska Dispatch
ANALYSIS: Nobody knows how many caribou died in the Lisburne Hills outside of Point Hope in July 2008. Nobody knows who killed them all. ...
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Some First Nations oppose Yukon caribou hunting rules
CBC.ca
Some First Nations governments near the Dempster Highway are unhappy with the Yukon government's new hunting restrictions for the Porcupine caribou herd, ...
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Judge grants delay in caribou waste case
Alaska Dispatch
The eight village hunters were charged in March with the wasteful killing of caribou during a July 2008 hunt. State Troopers investigating the case have ...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

IPY Caribou - Home

IPY Caribou - Home: "Welcome to IPYCaribou.ca

Northern leaders identified the concept of “community resilience” as a priority research focus to build capacity for Arctic community health and sustainability. The hypothesis guiding the ACRC project is that resilience and adaptive capacity of Arctic communities can be understood by investigating a series of reciprocal community-land (natural resource) relationships that exist across the North. The research question is: How will Arctic Aboriginal communities continue to be resilient and healthy in relation to the social and ecological changes which threaten important human-environment relationships now and in the future?"