Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada
The increasing division of academic disciplines and bureaucracy has led to the compartmentalization of knowledge on water security, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and traditional ecological knowledge policy. The attempt to re-establish links among these issues in academic studies can shed light on...
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University of Western Ontario
2012-10-01
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| description | The increasing division of academic disciplines and bureaucracy has led to the compartmentalization of knowledge on water security, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and traditional ecological knowledge policy. The attempt to re-establish links among these issues in academic studies can shed light on integrated watergovernance and the establishment of water ethics. In order to facilitate this effort, this paper discusses three propositions: (1) the establishment of strong legal and ethical frameworks is needed; (2) policymakers and scientists alike need to recognize links between biodiversity and water security; and (3) they need to improvecross-cultural understanding and communication in using the traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples and local people. This article examines these issues in Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) because this region has invited cross-cultural and inter-jurisdictional conflicts since the twentieth century. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-deaf1bd617644360995144676ec53e542022-12-21T19:23:25ZengUniversity of Western OntarioInternational Indigenous Policy Journal1916-57812012-10-01334Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western CanadaKenichi MatsuiThe increasing division of academic disciplines and bureaucracy has led to the compartmentalization of knowledge on water security, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and traditional ecological knowledge policy. The attempt to re-establish links among these issues in academic studies can shed light on integrated watergovernance and the establishment of water ethics. In order to facilitate this effort, this paper discusses three propositions: (1) the establishment of strong legal and ethical frameworks is needed; (2) policymakers and scientists alike need to recognize links between biodiversity and water security; and (3) they need to improvecross-cultural understanding and communication in using the traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples and local people. This article examines these issues in Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) because this region has invited cross-cultural and inter-jurisdictional conflicts since the twentieth century.http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=iipjwater ethicsFirst Nationsbiodiversitytraditional knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Kenichi Matsui Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal water ethics First Nations biodiversity traditional knowledge |
| title | Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada |
| title_full | Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada |
| title_fullStr | Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada |
| title_short | Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada |
| title_sort | water ethics for first nations and biodiversity in western canada |
| topic | water ethics First Nations biodiversity traditional knowledge |
| url | http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=iipj |
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