Science based Conservation

You have found a "Wrecksite". Here and there, "shipwrecks" will manifest themselves. They gesture to the apparatuses that produce conditions under which some phenomena can exists within polar bear monitoring, my research and this knowledge-land-scape- and others cannot. Different shipwrecks gesture to different possibilities and futurities.

In this shipwreck you find the International Polar Bear conservation Agreement. It states that polar bear management should be conducted ‘in accordance with sound conservation practices based on the best available scientific data available’

You wonder to what degree such an agreement around "scientific data" would have been inclusive of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit Knowledge), at the time when the moratorium was set in the McClintock Channel in 2001.

The Gjoa Haven HTA complains of not being heard. You suspect that their knowledge on polar bears, may not have played a meaningful role in the decision making processes on which the McClintock Channel PBMU moratorium was based in 2001. Maybe you can find out something more about this process, and also about Gjoa Haven's interest in having their experiences recorded?

"Return to Cut 1" and call the Gjoa Haven HTA to gain some more information and see what the board expects from an academic article around their experiences.

Return to Cut 1: Call Gjoa Haven