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Morgan, Don G.; British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range; Don.Morgan@gov.bc.ca. |
Uncertainty is a dominant feature of decision making in forestry and wildlife management. Aggravating this challenge is the irreversibility of some decisions, resulting in the loss of economic opportunities or the extirpation of wildlife populations. We adapted the real options approach from economic theory to develop a methodology to evaluate a resource management decision to stop timber harvesting when a woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population becomes threatened with extinction. In our study area of central Labrador, Canada, both caribou and timber harvesting are valued ecosystem services. By using a decision rule, which incorporates future developments, the real options approach provides a technique to incorporate ecological and social... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Decision support; Real options; Forest planning; Wildlife management; Caribou; Labrador. |
Ano: 2008 |
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Nicolson, Craig; Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst ; craign@eco.umass.edu; Berman, Matthew; Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage; matthew.berman@uaa.alaska.edu; West, Colin Thor; Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; ctw@email.unc.edu; Kofinas, Gary P.; Department of Humans and Environment and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks ; gpkofinas@alaska.edu; Griffith, Brad; U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks; dbgriffith@alaska.edu; Russell, Don; CircumArtic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment Network (CARMA); don.russell@ec.gc.ca; Dugan, Darcy; Alaska Ocean Observing System; dugan@aoos.org. |
Livelihood systems that depend on mobile resources must constantly adapt to change. For people living in permanent settlements, environmental changes that affect the distribution of a migratory species may reduce the availability of a primary food source, with the potential to destabilize the regional social-ecological system. Food security for Arctic indigenous peoples harvesting barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) depends on movement patterns of migratory herds. Quantitative assessments of physical, ecological, and social effects on caribou distribution have proven difficult because of the significant interannual variability in seasonal caribou movement patterns. We developed and evaluated a modeling approach for simulating the distribution... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Caribou; Markovian; Migration; Rangifer tarandus granti; Seasonal distribution; Simulation; Subsistence hunting. |
Ano: 2013 |
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Polfus, Jean L.; Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; jeanpolfus@gmail.com; Manseau, Micheline; Office of the Chief Ecosystem Scientist, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Québec, Canada; Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Micheline.Manseau@pc.gc.ca; Bayha, Walter; Délı̨nę Land Corporation, Délı̨nę, Northwest Territories, Canada; nihtla321@gmail.com; Rice, Keren; Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; rice@chass.utoronto.ca; Wilson, Paul; Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; pawilson@trentu.ca. |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Aboriginal; Biocultural diversity; Biodiversity; Caribou; Collaborative research; Ecology; First Nation; Genetic variation; Indigenous communities; Population genetics; Population structure; Rangifer tarandus; Resource management; Social-ecological systems; Traditional knowledge. |
Ano: 2016 |
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Hauer, Grant; Adamowicz, Wiktor L.; Jagodzinski, Robert. |
This report was prepared for the purpose of providing background documentation of inputs to be used in mathematical programming models and papers, which are being prepared for our research project: Ecological and economic tradeoff analysis of conservation strategies for woodland caribou. The report presents a simple net present value model of resource and land value for natural gas in northern Alberta. The variables in the model include costs (drilling, seismic, operating and capital); geological variables (stratigraphic intervals, booked reserves, future reserves); drilling variables (well densities, drilling success rates, and drilling depths); production data and prices. Each variable is described in detail and methods of derivation are provided. A map... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Net present value; Energy reserves; Natural gas; Caribou; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q49; Q32; Q57. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91422 |
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