| Where the Rivers Meet: Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Northwest Territories Contributor(s): Dokis, Carly A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774828463 ISBN-13: 9780774828468 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Law | Indigenous Peoples |
| Dewey: 971.93 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of The Hill Times' Best Books of 2016 Oil and gas companies now recognize that industrial projects in the Canadian North can only succeed if Aboriginal communities are involved in decision-making processes. Where the Rivers Meet is an ethnographic account of Sahtu Dene involvement in the environmental assessment of the Mackenzie Gas Project, a massive pipeline that, if completed, would have unprecedented effects on Aboriginal communities. The book reveals that while there has been some progress in establishing avenues for Dene participation in decision making, the ultimate assessment of such projects remains rooted in non-local beliefs about the nature of the environment, the commodification of land, and the inevitability of a hydrocarbon-based economy. |