scholarly journals Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Cooperative: can local knowledge inform caribou management?

Rangifer ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don E. Russell ◽  
Michael Y. Svoboda ◽  
Jadah Arokium ◽  
Dorothy Cooley
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Information Source ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Herd Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Management Decision Making

While quantitative analyses have traditionally been used to measure overall caribou herd health, qualitative observational data can also provide timely information that reflects what people on the land are observing. The Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op (ABEKC) monitors ecological change in the range of the Porcupine Caribou Herd (PCH). The community-based monitoring component of the Co-op’s mandate involves the gathering of local knowledge through interviews with local experts in a number of communities.We analyzed the responses to interviews collected during 2000–2007 related to caribou availability, harvest success, meeting needs and caribou health during fall and spring. Interviews revealed 1) caribou greater availability during the survey period, 2) an increasing trend in the proportion of harvesters that met their needs 3) no trend in animals harvested or proportion of successful hunters and 4) improving overall caribou health throughout the period.There was no population estimate for the herd between 2001 and 2010. In 2001, 123,000 caribou were estimated in the herd. Based on an estimated 178,000 in 1989, a declining trend of ~ 3% annually occurred at least until 2001. In the interim agencies and boards feared the herd continued to decline and worked towards and finalized a Harvest Management Plan for the herd. In contrast, from the Co-op interviews all indications suggested improving herd conditions throughout most of the decade. A successful survey in 2010 determined the herd had grown to 169,000 animals. We conclude that the community-based interviews provided a valid, unique information source to better understand caribou ecology and express community perceptions of overall herd status and could provide a valuable contribution to management decision making.  We recommend that ABEKC results become standard input into Porcupine Caribou harvest management decisions and serve as a model of integrating community based monitoring data into resource management decision making throughout the north.

scholarly journals The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board’s Community-Based Monitoring Network: documenting Inuit harvesting experience using modern technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Ndeloh Etiendem ◽  
Rebecca Jeppesen ◽  
Jordan Hoffman ◽  
Kyle Ritchie ◽  
Beth Keats ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Hybrid Form

Community-based monitoring is a promising strategy for collaboratively documenting knowledge that has become increasingly widespread among Indigenous communities, institutions, and governments across the Arctic. In January 2012, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board launched the Community-Based Monitoring Network (CBMN) to document current Inuit harvesting practices using modern technology by engaging Inuit harvesters in Nunavut who hunt, fish, gather, and observe wildlife. We provide an overview of the CBMN and discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrating data gathered through the CBMN in co-management decision-making. The CBMN has resulted in the collection of 7225 wildlife harvest and 2623 observation records by 85 harvesters in seven communities during 5594 on the land trips covering a combined area of approximately 400 000 km2. The CBMN represents a powerful approach to knowledge production by Inuit harvesters that is relevant to wildlife managers and co-management agencies. However, the data collected through the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board’s CBMN neither follow conventional wildlife study scientific standards, nor match the outputs of participatory Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit social science research. Instead, it represents a hybrid form of the types of information typically used in resource management discussions. Although such data can inform decision-making, further work may be necessary to fulfill this potential. Nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqarniq aturuminaqtuulluni upalungaijautiuvuq katujjillutik titiraqsivalliajut qaujimanirijaujunik taakkualu atuqtauvalliatuinnaliqtut nunaqaqqaaqsimajut nunalinginnit, pilirivingnut, ammalu gavamaujuni ukiuqtaqtulimaami. Jaannuari 2012-ngutillugu, nunavut uumajulirijirjuat katimajingit (NWMB) saqqittilauqsimajut nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqarnirmut piliriamik (CBMN) titiraqtauvalliaqullugit ullumiujuq inuit angunasugusingit aturlutik uajamuuqtunik ullumi atuqtauvaliqtunik nunavumi inuit angunasukpaktut, iqalugasukpaktut, nuatsivaktut, amma nauttiqsuaqaqpaktut uumajunik. unikkaaqaqattaqtugut qanuittuuninganik nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqarnirmut piliriangujumik ammalu uqautaullutik aksururnarningit ammalu piviksaujut nuattiqullugit tusagaksanik qaritaujakkut aturlugu nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqanirmut piliriangujuq atuqtauqattarniarmata aulatsijiuqatigiingujunut isumaliuqasuaqtillugit. nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqarnirmut pilirianguningagut nuattisimaliqtut tusagaksanik 7,225-nik aujaujuvinirnut ammalu 2,623-ngujut takujaujut titiraqtaullutik 85-ngujunut angunasuktinut 7-ngujuni nunaliujuni 5,594-ngirsurłutik aullaqtillugit nunami katitainnarillugit nuna aullarviusimajuq anginiqaqtigilluni sikkitaullutik kilaamitus 400,000 km2. Nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqanirmut piliriangujuq kiggaqtuivuq sanngijumik piliriaqarninginnut qaujimanirijaujut nuatautillugit inungnut angunasuktinut taakkua nuataujut atuutiqarniaqtillugit uumajulirinirmut aulatsijiujunut ammalu aulatsijiuqataujut pilirivinginnut. Kisianili, taakkua qaritaujakkut tusagaksat nuataujut nunavut uumajulirijirjuat katimajingita nunalingni uumajunik nauttiqsuaqarnirmut piliriangitigut maliksisimangittuq piusirijanginnik uumajunik qaujisainirivaktangita qaujisaqtimmariujut maliganginnik, ammalu angummatijaungittut saqqitauvaktut inungnut ilauqataujunut inuit qaujimajatuqanginnut inuusirmik qaujisaqtimmarit qaujisainirivaktangannut. Kisianili, kiggaqtuijut ajjigiingittunik tusagaksanik atuqtaugajuktunik tusaumattiarlutik isumaliuqtiujut isumauliqattaqullugit, tamatumunga iqqanaijakkannituinnariaqaqpugut pijariiqtaujunnaqullugu piviksaliangusimajuq.

Centralization and Effectiveness of Reward Management in Multinational Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tekieli ◽  
Marion Festing ◽  
Xavier Baeten
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Role Identities ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Subsidiary Managers ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Based on responses from 158 reward managers located at the headquarters or subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, the present study examines the relationship between the centralization of reward management decision making and its perceived effectiveness in multinational enterprises. Our results show that headquarters managers perceive a centralized approach as being more effective, while for subsidiary managers this relationship is moderated by the manager’s role identity. Referring to social identity theory, the present study enriches the standardization versus localization debate through a new perspective focusing on psychological processes, thereby indicating the importance of in-group favoritism in headquarters and the influence of subsidiary managers’ role identities on reward management decision making.

Emergency management decision-making during severe weather

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh A. Baumgart ◽  
Ellen J. Bass ◽  
Brenda Philips ◽  
Kevin Kloesel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making

scholarly journals Towards enhanced risk management: planning, decision making and monitoring of US wildfire response

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Dunn ◽  
David E. Calkin ◽  
Matthew P. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Current Response ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Response Decisions

Wildfire’s economic, ecological and social impacts are on the rise, fostering the realisation that business-as-usual fire management in the United States is not sustainable. Current response strategies may be inefficient and contributing to unnecessary responder exposure to hazardous conditions, but significant knowledge gaps constrain clear and comprehensive descriptions of how changes in response strategies and tactics may improve outcomes. As such, we convened a special session at an international wildfire conference to synthesise ongoing research focused on obtaining a better understanding of wildfire response decisions and actions. This special issue provides a collection of research that builds on those discussions. Four papers focus on strategic planning and decision making, three papers on use and effectiveness of suppression resources and two papers on allocation and movement of suppression resources. Here we summarise some of the key findings from these papers in the context of risk-informed decision making. This collection illustrates the value of a risk management framework for improving wildfire response safety and effectiveness, for enhancing fire management decision making and for ushering in a new fire management paradigm.

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