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Aboriginal Environmental Impacts
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Author : James L. Kohen
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 1995
Aboriginal Environmental Impacts written by James L. Kohen and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Aboriginal Australians categories.
When Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Port Jackson, Sydney, he saw a magnificent harbour lined with trees. Many areas were park-like in appearance with well-spaced trees interspersed with patches of grass. The local Aborigines were soon driven away and with them went the practice of regularly burning off the undergrowth. The grass disappeared and the undergrowth took over, and so emerged the 'untidy' bush of the foreshore that we see today. For 50,000 years before white settlement the Aboriginal people were an integral part of the environment. They harvested the land and they changed the environment to suit themselves. Fire was their tool for doing this. The degree to which hunting and burning has changed the patterns of vegetation and populations of fauna is hotly debated. Were the Aborigines responsible for the disappearance of the megafauna? In this book Kohen says they were a contributing factor, but probably only after major population declines due to climate change. He presents the arguments and evidence to show that Aboriginal influence on many ecosystems of this continent has been profound and that any understanding of the Australian environment must take this into account.
Aboriginal Environmental Impacts
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Author : J. L. Kohen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Aboriginal Environmental Impacts written by J. L. Kohen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
Discusses the impact of Aboriginal occupation of Australia on the environment; survey of the evolutionary and cultural context of the initial colonisation - archaeological evidence and regional dating; evidence for environmental change; extinction of the megafauna; hunting and gathering practices; technological change; stone artefacts - Kartan, edge ground, core tool and scraper and small tool traditions; intensification and Holocene expansion; population density and increase; levels of sustainability; impact of fire; contemporary Aboriginal and European land use.
Involving Aboriginal Populations In The Assessment Of The Environmental And Social Impacts Of Development In Northern Canada
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Author : Gary W. Wagner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Involving Aboriginal Populations In The Assessment Of The Environmental And Social Impacts Of Development In Northern Canada written by Gary W. Wagner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
"The resident aboriginal population of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) in Canada's western Arctic is involved in a meaningful way in assessing the potential impact of development. Three levels of government cooperate with the indigenous people through several co-management organizations set up under federal legislation that is firmly entrenched in the Canadian constitution. The Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) established a unique structure to deal with resource management and environmental issues that incorporates both government and Inuvialuit views. The Inuvialuit Game Council expresses the collective Inuvialuit interest in wildlife, renewable resources and the environment. Its counterpart is the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation that deals with the business aspects of the claim settlement; finance and investment, economic and social development. Both facets of the Inuvialuit side of the IFA are democratic entities, drawing on elected representation from each of the six communities in the ISR. To provide the Inuvialuit with a tangible way to participate in the government decision-making process, five cooperative management agencies were formed. The co-management agencies deal with terrestrial and marine wildlife and habitat issues, including traditional harvesting activities, as well as environmental impact review and assessment. The co-management organizations provide advice directly to the appropriate government minister. The constitutional status of the implementing legislation which established the duties and responsibilities of the co-management agencies ensures that the advice, though it may not be enthusiastically embraced in all cases, simply cannot be ignored. There are three governments implementing the IFA; the Government of Canada, the Government of Yukon, and the Government of the Northwest Territories. The laws of general application still apply, but since the IFA takes precedence over other legislation in case of conflict, all of the traditional government functions must comply with the IFA, and pay attention to the advice of the Inuvialuit and co-management organizations. Most of these co-management agencies have been operating successfully since 1986. Both sides of the agreement, government and Inuvialuit, are intimately involved in making decisions that affect them both. For the most part, decisions are reached by consensus after information and opinion is gathered through lively and healthy debate. It may not be a perfect system, but all indications are that it is a much better system than the confrontational, paternalistic and often dictatorial one it replaced"--Leaf [i].
Assessing Impacts Of Environmental Change On Aboriginal People
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Author : Donna Dosman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Assessing Impacts Of Environmental Change On Aboriginal People written by Donna Dosman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Indians of North America categories.
Climate Change And Indigenous Peoples
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Author : Randall Abate
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-01
Climate Change And Indigenous Peoples written by Randall Abate and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Law categories.
'Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples offers the most comprehensive resource for advancing our understanding of one of the least coherently developed of climate change policy realms – legal protection of vulnerable indigenous populations. The first part of the book provides a tremendously useful background on the cultural, policy, and legal context of indigenous peoples, with special emphasis on developing general principles for climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions. The remainder of the volume then carefully and thoroughly works through how those general principles play out for different regional indigenous populations around the globe. All of the contributions to the volume are by leading experts who bring their insights and innovative thinking to bear on a truly complex subject. Whether as a novice's starting point or expert's desktop reference, I cannot think of a more useful resource for anyone interested in climate policy for indigenous peoples.' – J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School, US 'In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, editors Randy Abate and Elizabeth Kronk have assembled a truly comprehensive and informative look at the special issues that indigenous peoples face as a result of climate impacts and an overview of the law – international and domestic, climate change and human rights, substantive and procedural – that applies to those issues. One of the great strengths of the book is that no group of indigenous people is made to stand proxy for all the others; instead, after exploring the general issues facing all indigenous peoples and the general legal strategies they use, the book focuses most of its attention on the specific climate change issues that confront particular groups – South American indigenous peoples; the various tribes of Native Americans in the US; the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, collectively as well as in respect to particular Arctic countries; Pacific Islanders; indigenous peoples in Asia; the various groups of Aborigines and Torres Islanders in Australia; the Maori on New Zealand; and several tribes in Kenya, Africa. For people interested in climate change and climate change adaptation, this book provides a unique overview of the special vulnerabilities and plights of indigenous peoples, issues that must be considered as the world works to formulate effective and protective climate change adaptation policies. For people interested in indigenous peoples and international human rights, this book paints a grim picture of the various ways in which climate change threatens this very diverse group of cultural entities and the deep knowledge of place that they usually possess, while at the same time offering hope that the law can find ways to keep them from disappearing – and, indeed, that indigenous peoples might just help the rest of us to survive, as well.' – Robin Kundis Craig, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, US 'It is one of the world's cruelest ironies that some of the earliest effects of climate change are being felt by indigenous populations around the world, even though they contributed no more than trivial amounts of the greenhouse gases that are at the root of much of the problem, and they are so politically and economically powerless that they played no role in the decisions that have led to their plight. At the same time, many of these populations are victimized by certain actions designed to reduce emissions, such as land clearing for biofuels cultivation, and restrictions on forest use. Professors Abate and Kronk have assembled a formidable collection of experts from around the world who demonstrate the diversity of challenges facing these indigenous peoples, and the opportunities and challenges in using various international and domestic legal tools to seek redress. This book will be an invaluable resource for all those examining the legal remedies that may be available, either now or as the law develops in the years to come.' – Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School, US This timely volume explores the ways in which indigenous peoples across the world are challenged by climate change impacts, and discusses the legal resources available to confront those challenges. Indigenous peoples occupy a unique niche within the climate justice movement, as many indigenous communities live subsistence lifestyles that are severely disrupted by the effects of climate change. Additionally, in many parts of the world, domestic law is applied differently to indigenous peoples than it is to their non-indigenous peers, further complicating the quest for legal remedies. The contributors to this book bring a range of expert legal perspectives to this complex discussion, offering both a comprehensive explanation of climate change-related problems faced by indigenous communities and a breakdown of various real world attempts to devise workable legal solutions. Regions covered include North and South America (Brazil, Canada, the US and the Arctic), the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Tuvalu and the Federated States of Micronesia), Australia and New Zealand, Asia (China and Nepal) and Africa (Kenya). This comprehensive volume will appeal to professors and students of environmental law, indigenous law and international law, as well as practitioners and policymakers with an interest in indigenous legal issues and environmental justice.
Environmental Impacts Of Transnational Corporations In The Global South
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Author : Paul Cooney
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-30
Environmental Impacts Of Transnational Corporations In The Global South written by Paul Cooney and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.
This volume explores the impact of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) on the environment of the Global South during this period of neoliberal globalization. It develops themes around transnational extractive activity; the impact of transnational capital on indigenous populations, and the role played by international institutions,
Assessing Impacts Of Environmental Change On Aboriginal People
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Author : Donna Dosman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Assessing Impacts Of Environmental Change On Aboriginal People written by Donna Dosman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Indians of North America categories.
Burning Questions
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Author : Marcia Langton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Burning Questions written by Marcia Langton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Aboriginal Australians categories.
Country Native Title And Ecology
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Author : Jessica K. Weir
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Country Native Title And Ecology written by Jessica K. Weir and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Country, native title and ecology all converge in this volume to describe the dynamic intercultural context of land and water management on Indigenous lands. Indigenous people’s relationships with country are discussed from various speaking positions, including identity and knowledge, the homelands debate, water planning, climate change and market environmentalism. The inter-disciplinary chapters range from an ethnographic description of living waters in the Great Sandy Desert, negotiating the eradication of yellow crazy ants in Arnhem Land, and legal analysis of native title rights in emerging carbon markets. A recurrent theme is the contentions over meaning, knowledge, and authority. “Because this volume is scholarly, original and very timely it represents a key resource and reference work for land and sea managers; policy makers; scholars of the interface between post-native title responsibilities, NRM objectives and appropriate heritage protocols; and students based in the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities. It is rare for volumes to have this much cross-academy purchase and for this reason alone – it will have ongoing worth and value as a seminal collection.” – Associate Professor Peter Veth, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University. Dr Jessica Weir has published widely on water, native title and governance, and is the author of Murray River Country: An Ecological Dialogue with Traditional Owners (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2009). Jessica’s work was recently included in Stephen Pincock’s Best Australian Science Writing 2011. In 2011 Jessica established the AIATSIS Centre for Land and Water Research, in the Indigenous Country and Governance Research Program at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.
Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Issues
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Author : Bruce E. Johansen
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2003-12-30
Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Issues written by Bruce E. Johansen and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-30 with Nature categories.
Also includes information on alcoholism, animals, toxins and breast feeding, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), George W. Bush, cancer, China, climate change, colonization, cyanide, dams, Declaration of the First International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change, deforestation, disease introduction, Native American concept of ecology, economics, ExxonMobil, fishing, fur trade, genocide, gold mining, health problems, human rights violations, hunting, hydroelectric power, infants and children, International Monetary Fund, Japan, Judeo-Christian worldview, land tenure, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, mining, Movement for the Survival of The Ogoni (MOSOP), Native Americans, natural gas exploitation, nuclear testing, nuclear waste dumps, oil exploitation, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), pollution, protests, rainforests, Rio Tinto, Russia, Shell Oil, submarine tailings disposal (STD), suicide, tourism, United States, water pollution, World Bank, etc.