Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic

Schweitzer, Peter; Stammler, Florian; Ebsen, Cecilie; Ivanova, Aitalina; Litvina, Irina

doi:10.4324/9781351019101

Cited by 16 publications

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“…Indigenous land use, sovereignty, and self-determination may be negatively affected by large-scale mining development and its long-term environmental impacts (Ballard and Banks, 2003;Howitt, 2001;Jacka, 2018;Parlee, 2012;Rodon, 2018). Recent international trends towards the recognition of Indigenous rights, including the creation of new consultation requirements or governance and benefits-sharing arrangements, have begun to mitigate these impacts and inequities, in some jurisdictions (Bradshaw et al, 2018;O'Faircheallaigh, 2018). Yet it remains unclear how these novel arrangements apply to the long-term social and environmental challenges that emerge at the end of the mining cycle.…”

Section: Community Engagement and Mine Closurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, these regions all have complex governance structures that include: a mosaic of historic treaties and modern land claims agreements; multiple and overlapping Indigenous, regional, and territorial governments; and changing levels of federal and provincial authority and (more recently) devolution. Recent decades have also seen evolving legal requirements and institutional practices around securing Indigenous consent for large-scale resource developments, including the negotiation of Impact and Benefits Agreements (IBAs) between proponents and affected Indigenous groups (Bradshaw et al, 2018;Caine and Krogman, 2010;Cameron and Levitan, 2014;St-Laurent and Billon, 2015). In addition to provisions for financial benefits, employment, and business opportunities, these IBAs may include measures related to the mitigation of environmental impacts, monitoring, and protection of Indigenous land use, although they are frequently confidential (O'Faircheallaigh, 2018;Papillon and Rodon, 2017).…”

Section: Community Engagement and Mine Closurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Planning for social and community-engaged closure: A comparison of mine closure plans from Canada's territorial and provincial North

Monosky

Keeling

2021

Journal of Environmental Management

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The inevitable closure and remediation phase of a mine's lifecycle routinely causes negative socioeconomic and environmental impacts for nearby communities. While closure planning is meant to ensure post-closure human and environmental safety, it tends to favour short-term technical fixes over longer-term socioeconomic , cultural, and ecological considerations. For mines operating on Indigenous territories, where communities have complex and nuanced connections to land and varying levels of jurisdiction, these issues are further exacerbated by the exclusion of Indigenous voices from planning and decision-making. This research employed a qualitative document analysis of ten mine closure plans for mines in Northern Canada that are still operational to understand how the industry is actively planning for the closure and remediation of their sites. In particular, this work asks whether or not mine companies are incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into their mine closure plans, and how they are addressing the complex socioeconomic aspects of closure. This analysis showed that mine closure plans across Northern Canada inconsistently apply Indigenous Knowledge and expertise, and the methods used for community consultation in mine closure planning are left vague. While differences in policy between Northern territories and regions account for some of these inconsistencies, a company's willingness to work beyond baseline requirements imposed by governments is also an important factor. Additionally, these closure plans further demonstrate that the industry prioritizes technical aspects of mine closure over the social, cultural, economic, and ecological. For mine closure to be successful in a Northern context it must incorporate community expertise, emerge from the values and priorities of the Indigenous peoples whose lands mines are operating on, and account for a wider scope of social, economic, and cultural impacts.

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Section: Community Engagement and Mine Closurementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Community Engagement and Mine Closurementioning

confidence: 99%

Planning for social and community-engaged closure: A comparison of mine closure plans from Canada's territorial and provincial North

Monosky

Keeling

2021

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Newfoundland and Labrador's long history of European colonialism and resource exploitation has perpetuated a cycle of food insecurity and export practices that are not dissimilar to extraction communities across the boreal belt with fly-in-fly-out labor forces (Southcott et al, 2018). Parallels can be drawn to rural communities within the boreal ecosystems elsewhere that have social infrastructures similar to wealthy nations like Canada.…”

Section: Study Region: Newfoundland and Labrador Canadamentioning

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Boreal Agriculture Cannot Be Sustainable Without Food Sovereignty

Keske

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Food sovereignty encompasses the right of humans to have access to, and to produce, healthy and culturally appropriate food. Food sovereignty exists within the “social” pillar of sustainability and sustainable food production. Over time, and as a result of colonialism and neo-liberal food regimes, Indigenous food system patterns in boreal regions have been disrupted. Imports make local food production economically infeasible. The intersection of food sovereignty and international trade is understudied. Food insecurity cycles are likely to perpetuate without deliberate action and government intervention. Policies that facilitate local access, and ownership, of agriculture and food processing facilities may foster food sovereignty. Indigenous community governance, and agricultural practices, are critical to restoring environmental and social sustainability.

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