Community Caribou Monitoring

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Community Caribou Monitoring
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What may communities contribute to the network?
? discussion of unprecedented versus expected
variation in weather/ migratory movements/ body
condition
? observations of effects of climate change on
range use
? observations of herd mixing behaviour
? indicators of changes in water levels/ snow and
ice conditions/ fire incidents
? baseline knowledge of range shifts
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How Can Communities Contribute?
Communities cannot contribute effectively until
aims and goals of the network are understood
Communities need the Time and Resources to decide
how to communicate with network
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Scaling-Up Issues
? translation between knowledge systems/
languages/ ecological systems ? refining
documentation of community knowledge -
collecting information at right time of year -
collecting mapping information at suitable
geographical scale - collecting information
that meets local and regional needs - defining
terminology what is a herd, season, etc. ?
questions of standardization
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Knowledge Sharing/ Co-production
? creating two-way exchange between network and
communities ? protocols for sharing/
interpreting data ? recognizing capacity issues
of communities ? recognizing elders desire to
connect youth to research
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How can community knowledge contribute to the
network?

• How will communities become part of the network?
• How will the network define itself for
  communities?
• How will the network determine which communities
  want to contribute to the network and how?
• How will communities play a role in determining
  the knowledge needs of the network?
• How will the network promote the co-production
  of knowledge?

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Thanks!

• Names of Elders Involved in Project
• Translators
• GIS Work