Collaborative geomatics and the Mushkegowuk Cree First Nations: Fostering adaptive capacity for community-based sub-arctic natural resource management |
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| Authors: | Daniel D.P. McCarthy Graham S. Whitelaw Scott Anderson Donald Cowan Fred McGarry Anthony Robins Holly L. Gardner Christine D. Barbeau Nadia A. Charania Zachariah General Jeff Liedtke Celine Sutherland Paulo Alencar Leonard J.S. Tsuji |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;2. National Environmental Research Program, Northern Australia Hub, Australia;3. Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia;4. The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia;5. Reef Catchments NRM, Mackay, QLD 4740, Australia;6. Daly River Management Advisory Committee, Northern Territory, Australia;7. Northern Gulf Resource Management Group, Georgetown, QLD 4871, Australia;8. Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, University of Western Australia, Albany, WA 6332, Australia;9. Terrain NRM, Innisfail, QLD 4860, Australia;10. Department of Natural Resources Environment, the Arts and Sport of the Northern Territory, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia;11. Madjulla Incorporated, Broome, WA 6725, Australia;1. NEPCon, Skindergade 23, 3. th, 1159 Copenhagen, Denmark;2. University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;3. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Abstract: | The remote First Nation (FN) communities of the Mushkegowuk Territory on the west coast of James Bay, Ontario, Canada are currently facing increased development pressures and the imposition of a government land use planning process. The land use planning process is mandated in the Far North Act (received Royal Assent on September 23, 2010). There is a need for capacity enhancement for community-based natural resource planning and management in the Territory. A number of frameworks are emerging for addressing change brought on by resource development and building resilience to such change at the community level. Among these include the concept of adaptive capacity. In collaboration with FN community leaders, we explored the use of “collaborative geomatics” tools to foster adaptive capacity. Our action research suggests that collaborative geomatics technologies should enhance the Mushkegowuk First Nations’ adaptive capacity to address environmental and policy change by allowing them to collect and manage data collaboratively (e.g., traditional environmental knowledge, western science) to create opportunities for innovative community development, including natural resource development and management. |
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