Environments articles from November 2007

Environments archives from November 2007

Nation-wide decentralized governance arrangements and capacities for integrated watershed management: issues and insights from Canada.(Country overview)(Report)
November 1, 2007... Abstract This paper explores existing decentralized governance arrangements and capacities for integrated watershed management in Canada across its thirteen provinces and territories, with particular emphasis on organizations with...

Impact and benefit agreements: a contentious issue for environmental and aboriginal justice.
November 1, 2007... Abstract Impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) have become a common part of a standard package of agreements negotiated between an industrial proponent and a representative aboriginal organization. Among other things, IBAs recognize...

Climate change, sea-level rise and the case for salt marsh restoration in the Bay of Fundy, Canada.
November 1, 2007... Abstract Over the next century society will be facing significant increases in temperature and sea-level, which pose a growing threat to low-lying coastal communities. To protect these communities, adaptation strategies are needed that...

Population growth and sustainability: Canadian considerations.(IDEAS)
November 1, 2007... Abstract The purpose of this paper is to briefly chart how Canada's population has grown and will continue to grow well into the 21st century. In so doing, we shall place this demographic increase into a broader international context by...

Governing Canada's Freshwater Resources: Weaknesses, Challenges, Innovations.
November 1, 2007... Bakker, K (ed). 2007. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 440 pages, ISBN 13: 978-0-7748-1339-6. pb $29.95 Bakker, and 27 contributing authors, explore five themes in Eau Canada: water governance; transboundary water management; water privatization;...

Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems.
November 1, 2007... Herrick, J., J.W. Van Zee, K.M. Kavstad, and W.G. Whitford. 2005. Las Cruces: USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, ISBN 978-0-9755552-0-0 (paper), CDN $24.95 (paper). Ecosystems of the semiarid environment are known to be quite fragile and...

Energy Autonomy: the Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy.
November 1, 2007... Scheer, Hermann 2007. Sterling, VA: EarthScan Publications, 320 pages, ISBN 978-1-84407-355-9 (hardcover), CDN $39.95 (hardcover). If the frequent mention of wind power, solar energy systems and bio-fuels these days had you believing we had...

Towards a Sense of Place: Preparing Heritage Landscape Guides--A Manual for Urban and Rural Communities in Ontario.
November 1, 2007... Nelson, J.G. and Preston, S.M. 2005. University of Waterloo: An Environments Publication. c/o The Heritage Resources Centre, University of Waterloo What makes for a vibrant, animated, and livable place? What is it about your home-place...

Conservation is our government now: the politics of ecology in Papua New Guinea.
November 1, 2007... West. P. 2006. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 352 pages, ISBN 0-8223-3712-6 (unjacketed library cloth) / 0-8223-3749-5 (paper), CDN $79.95 (unjacketed library cloth), CDN $22.95 (paper). There has been a growing volume of...