Traditional resource management and biocultural conservation: A case study for the relationship between Tombstone Territorial Park, the Tr'ondek Hwech'in and caribou.

Abstract

Finally I extend a huge thank you to my family and friends but especially my husband and daughter who put up with my absences from home and from family life. Thank you for your understanding, for supporting me, cheering me on, and knowing I could reach the finish line when I had my doubts. 1.4 Thesis Outline This thesis is broken into five chapters. Chapter 2 reviews the literature involved in protected areas (PAs) including scientific, social and ideological beliefs that underpin Western conservation and protected area management. This includes an explanation of the paradigm shifts that have occurred in ecology and conservation science that have led to new conservation goals that seek to integrate people and cultures. These ideologies include new and old concepts like wilderness, the division of nature and culture, SES, resilience, adaptive capacity, cultural and biological diversity and cultural landscapes. The Literature Review then moves to discuss knowledge and how TEK and Indigenous or TRMS are linked. Chapter 3 is an introduction to Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and the study area. Chapter 4 describes the specific methods used in the study and is followed by the results of the thematic analysis (Chapter 5). Chapter 6 provides an interpretation of the results and a discussion about how they relate to existing literature on the subject and is followed by the Conclusion chapter.