Sahtu Goti’ine Traditional Knowledge: The Impact of Climate Change on Fishing Livelihoods

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Chelsea
dc.contributor.otherParlee, Brenda
dc.coverage.spatialDeline, Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories, Canada
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-01T02:07:18Z
dc.date.available2025-05-01T02:07:18Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-01
dc.descriptionIn recent years, the effects of climate change have become increasingly visible in northern Canada; its impact on northern Indigenous peoples has become a particularly important area of research and policy. While much focus has been on the experiences of high arctic communities, less is known about the effects of climate change on the livelihoods of those living in the sub-arctic including the Mackenzie River Basin. Got’ine peoples of Dé lįne, and their fishing livelihoods, for example, may be affected by such problems as rising temperatures, erratic weather events and changing precipitation patterns. This has implications for food security and wellbeing; fishing not only contributes to necessary food resources, but also underpins healthy respectful relationships between people and cultural landscapes such as Great Bear Lake. Preliminary research in the region suggests that warming temperatures are already having an effect on the quality, population, diversity of fish being harvested and by extension the food security of the community.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7939/r3-66cd-8g80
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectNorthern Indigenous populations
dc.subjectSub-arctic
dc.subjectSocio-ecological impacts
dc.subjectLivelihhods
dc.subjectFood security
dc.subjectCommunity well-being
dc.titleSahtu Goti’ine Traditional Knowledge: The Impact of Climate Change on Fishing Livelihoods
dc.title.alternativeTracking Change: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance -- Global Knowledge Symposium Thailand 2017
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6670
ual.jupiterAccesshttp://terms.library.ualberta.ca/public

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