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In-Depth Information
OTHER PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS
GNWT, Federal
government departments
PARTNERSHIPS
DKFN &
FREWC
Community
Members
Deninu
School
Natural Science
Researchers
Social Science
Researchers
Environmental Change and Variability
Causes
Impacts
Adaptations
NATURAL SCIENCE
Natural archive
indicators of
Slave River Delta
ecosytem change
and variability
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Community
perspectives on
environmental change
and variability in the
slave River Delta
Assessment of
community capacity
to respond to
environmental change
and variability
Hydrology
Limnology
Aquatic Ecology
Institiutions and
Decision-making
Livelihood
Vulnerability
Indicators of Change
Implications of Change
Present and Past
Analysis of Results
Ecosystem Management
of the SRD Region
Figure 6.4 Conceptual diagram of the interdisciplinary research initiative in Fort Resolution and the
Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada. The research process is participatory and iterative,
and it promotes ongoing communication between researchers and community partners (Wolfe et  al.
2007). Reprinted with permission from the Arctic Institute of North America.
climate and landuse to be evaluated and contributing to knowledge of the extent of degrad-
ation and what constitutes good ecological status (Gell 2010, Battarbee and Bennion 2011,
Battarbee et al. 2011, Bennion et al. 2011, Gell et al. 2012). This information is crucial to the effi-
cacy of the Ramsar Convention, which requires the setting of limits of acceptable change,
 
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