Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Adaptive Co- Management: A Case Study of Narwhal Co- Management in Arctic Bay, Nunavut

摘要: Since 2001 the community of Arctic Bay, located on north-western Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada, has been experimenting with a new approach to narwhal management 'community-based' management. The system devolved some decision-making powers local Hunters' and Trappers' Organization, who are empowered/required draft by-laws govern hunt. Community-based links local, regional, territorial, national actors agencies comanagement arrangement that draws its from, is steered by, Nunavut Final Agreement (1993), comprehensive land claims agreement between Inuit Her Majesty Queen Right Canada. A primary purpose Agreement, institutions created or empowered thereby, maximize participation decision-making, ensure traditional knowledge (Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit) steers governance. In field resource environmental management, presumed benefits integration (combining/comparing Western scientific knowledge) have constrained by fact wildlife co-evolved do not easily accommodate alternate systems. However, recognized as fundamental collaborative critical determinant adaptive capacity. Is Nunavut's community-based process integrating meaningfully? building capacity buffer change adapt changing circumstances. Challenges risks associated