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Resource Management Research Resource Management Research A Win A Win- -Win Win-Win Opportunity for Win Opportunity for Researchers, Funders and Users Researchers, Funders and Users Presented by: Vern Christensen, Executive Director,


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Resource Management Research Resource Management Research – A Win A Win-

  • Win

Win-Win Opportunity for Win Opportunity for Researchers, Funders and Users Researchers, Funders and Users

Presented by: Vern Christensen, Executive Director, MVEIRB

  • n behalf of the NWT Board Forum

Northern Governance Policy Research Conference Yellowknife, NT; November 3-5, 2009

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The NWT Board Forum The NWT Board Forum

 Comprised of Resource Co-management

Boards in the NWT set up under the MVRMA and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement

 Also includes the NEB, GNWT and INAC  Purpose is to

 address common issues  provide a common forum to hear stakeholder concerns  share information  share resources

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Who is the NWT Board Forum? Who is the NWT Board Forum?

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The Issue The Issue

 Northern resource management boards

have identified important knowledge gaps

 Most boards do not have the mandate or

resources to fill those information gaps

 The eyes of Canadians are on the north -

there is a lot of money available for northern research

 Researchers want

 to work in northern Canada, and  their work to have value “on the ground”

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How do we fill the gaps? How do we fill the gaps?

Practitioners

EIA Org’ns, Regulators, Developers

Research & Monitoring

Government Dep’ts, Land Claimant Org’ns, Academia, Industry,

Primary Investors

Gov’ts, Industry, Foundations

Users Funders Researchers

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“Communication, Communication “Communication, Communication Communication Communication” ” – A Win A Win-Win Win-Win Opportunity Win Opportunity For Funders For Funders – Researchers Researchers – Users Users

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Why kind of information are we Why kind of information are we looking for? looking for?

 Emerging issues  Knowledge gaps

common to many regions

 “State of the art”

knowledge regarding valued components

  • f the environment

 Best practices

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Valued Environmental Components Valued Environmental Components (VECs) (VECs)

 Valued components of the physical and

human environment including:

  • Biophysical components
  • Social components
  • Economic components
  • Cultural components

 E.g. Caribou, Mackenzie River, Traditional

lifestyle

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Mackenzie River Watershed Mackenzie River Watershed

 Major watersheds drain

into the Mackenzie River from the Yukon, BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

 Impacts of upstream

developments on the land, water, air, wildlife and people of the Mackenzie Valley residents is an emerging issue.

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Environmental Management Environmental Management –Valued Components Valued Components

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Boards do “process related” Boards do “process related” research for Guidelines research for Guidelines

 Environmental Impact Assessment  Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into EIA  Conducting socio-economic impact assessment  Conducting cultural impact assessment (currently

underway)

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The NWT Board Forum’s The NWT Board Forum’s

Research Priorities Initiative Research Priorities Initiative

 A living document called “Consolidated

Research Priorities: a Publication of the NWT Board Forum”

 Find it at nwtboardforum.com or other NWT

Board Forum member websites

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CONSOLIDATED CONSOLIDATED RESEARCH RESEARCH PRIORITIES LIST PRIORITIES LIST

  • Contains 13 high priority

research areas

  • 20 other research areas
  • T

wo topic areas:

  • Biophysical Impacts
  • Social, Economic and

Cultural Impacts

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 Caribou decline and the effects of

development

 Caribou harvesting statistics  Impacts of seismic lines and other linear

developments

 Cumulative development impacts,

especially habitat loss

Caribou Caribou

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 The ecology of large lakes  Ecosystem interactions among aquatic

resources

 Migration and over wintering patterns of

keystone fish species

 Cumulative effects of development on the

aquatic resources of the Mackenzie River watershed

Water & Aquatic Species Water & Aquatic Species

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 Methods to forecast labour demand and

impacts of development on aboriginal cultures and lifestyles

 Long distance commuting effects  Aboriginal cultural landscapes  Measurable indicators for the assessment

  • f cumulative impacts and thresholds for

valued components

Socio Socio-Economic & Cultural Economic & Cultural

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Better Information means Better Information means Better Decisions Better Decisions

  • Status Quo
  • Some CE

information about many VECs

  • Wildlife Mgmt

Plans

  • Land Use Plans
  • Social/Economic/

Cultural Dev. Plans

  • Priority

VECs

  • Appropriate indicators
  • Standardized methods
  • Relevant & accessible

baseline information

  • VEC Thresholds

Quality EIA & Regulatory Decisions

Increasing Quality of Resource Mgmt Information

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Our Communication Strategy Our Communication Strategy

 We need to

communicate

  • ur research

priorities in a timely and effective way to funders and researchers

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Why are we doing this? Why are we doing this?

 T

  • obtain better information for making

effective resource management decisions

 T

  • benefit northerners and all Canadians
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Target Audiences Target Audiences

 University research networks  Government research networks  Northern Geoscience Forum  Science in a Changing North conference  Canadian IPY Secretariat  Polar Access listserve  MVEIRB’s EIA Practitioner’s Workshops  Canadian Circumpolar Institute  Arctic Institute of North America  Others

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Other Audiences Other Audiences

 General public  Aboriginal

groups

 Industry

stakeholders

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How are we communicating? How are we communicating?

 Board Forum web portal and member

websites (www.nwtboardforum.com)

 Key academic contacts and listserves  Conference presentations  Paper copies for public display  Newsletters  Annual reports  Periodic media releases

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Key Messages Key Messages

 Important information gaps that need to

be filled

 Resource management boards want the

best possible information to make good decisions

 If research has been done direct us to it  The “Consolidated Research Priorities”

listing is living document and will be updated bi-annually

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Keeping Priorities Current Keeping Priorities Current

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  • be updated in

spring of 2010

 Then review and

updating bi- annually

For current information:

Contact : Alan Ehrlich, Senior EAO, MVEIRB Phone 867-766-7056 aehrlich@reviewboard.ca

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Thank you Thank you – from the NWT Board Forum from the NWT Board Forum