Encyclopedia of the Arctic

Encyclopedia of the Arctic
Author: Mark Nuttall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2306
Release: 2005-09-23
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136786805

With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.

Social and Environmental Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project

Social and Environmental Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project
Author: James F. Hornig
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 191
Release: 1999
Genre: Cree Indians
ISBN: 0773518363

Planning and construction of the James Bay Hydroelectric project began in the early 1970s, when the effect of such projects on the physical and social environment was seldom considered. As the project matured, however, its unique and diverse environmental impacts came under intense scrutiny on both sides of the border.

The Contaminants in the Nordic Ecosystem

The Contaminants in the Nordic Ecosystem
Author: M. Munawar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1995
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Includes selected papers and posters and workshop summaries from the First International Nordic Symposium on Chemicals in the Arctic-Boreal Environment held in Helsinki, May 13-15, 1993.

Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies

Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies
Author: Salma Monani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2016-08-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317449118

This book addresses the intersections between the interdisciplinary realms of Ecocriticism and Indigenous and Native American Studies, and between academic theory and pragmatic eco-activism conducted by multiethnic and indigenous communities. It illuminates the multi-layered, polyvocal ways in which artistic expressions render ecological connections, drawing on scholars working in collaboration with Indigenous artists from all walks of life, including film, literature, performance, and other forms of multimedia to expand existing conversations. Both local and global in its focus, the volume includes essays from multiethnic and Indigenous communities across the world, visiting topics such as Navajo opera, Sami film production history, south Indian tribal documentary, Maori art installations, Native American and First Nations science-fiction literature and film, Amazonian poetry, and many others. Highlighting trans-Indigenous sensibilities that speak to worldwide crises of environmental politics and action against marginalization, the collection alerts readers to movements of community resilience and resistance, cosmological thinking about inter- and intra-generational multi-species relations, and understandings of indigenous aesthetics and material ecologies. It engages with emerging environmental concepts such as multispecies ethnography, cosmopolitics, and trans-indigeneity, as well as with new areas of ecocritical research such as material ecocriticism, biosemiotics, and media studies. In its breadth and scope, this book promises new directions for ecocritical thought and environmental humanities practice, providing thought-provoking insight into what it means to be human in a locally situated, globally networked, and cosmologically complex world.

Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks

Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks
Author: Jean-Pierre L. Savard
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2015-04-13
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1482248980

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the interest and attention directed toward sea ducks, the Mergini tribe. This has been inspired, in large part, by the conservation concerns associated with numerical declines in several sea duck species and populations, as well as a growing appreciation for their interesting ecological attributes. Reflec