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Water-based ecology: A First Nations' proposal to repair the definition of a forest ecosystem

Journal of Ecosystems and Management

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Title Water-based ecology: A First Nations' proposal to repair the definition of a forest ecosystem
 
Creator Blackstock, Michael
 
Subject water ecology; First Nations; forest ecosystem management; clean drinking water; future generations; Elder spirit nature relationship sustain land;Michael Blackstock
 
Description First Nations Elders are very concerned about whether enough clean drinking water will exist for future generations. Three highly respected Elders from the Southern Interior of British Columbia helped the author investigate First Nations water-based ecology: Mary Thomas from the Secwepemc (Shuswap), Millie Michell from the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson), and Mary Louie from the Syilx (Okanagan) Nation. This paper follows on from the author's previous examination of First Nations' spiritual and ecological perspectives on water (BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 1(1): 54–68). The Elders' vision of the relationships between water, land, and animals highlights an apparent shortcoming in Western science's definition of an ecosystem. In this paper, the author encourages a shift towards water-based ecosystem management, proposing to repair of the definition of forest ecosystems in a way that interweaves First Nations' philosophy with Western science's ecosystem-based management approach.
 
Publisher Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing Press
 
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Date 2002-12-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/219
 
Source Journal of Ecosystems and Management; Vol 2, No 1 (2002)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/219/138