Essential components and pathways for developing Indigenous community-based monitoring: Examples from the Canadian oil sands region.

ABSTRACT: Historically, environmental research and monitoring in the Alberta oil sands region (OSR) located in northeastern Alberta, Canada, have largely neglected, meaningful Indigenous participation. Through years of experience on the land, Indigenous knowledge (IK) holders recognize change on the landscape, drawing on inextricable links between environmental health and practicing traditional rights. The cumulative impacts of crude oil production are of great concern to Indigenous communities, and monitoring initiatives in the OSR provide unique opportunities to develop Indigenous community-based monitoring (ICBM). A review of ICBM literature on the OSR from 2009 to 2020 was completed. Based on this review, we identify best practices in ICBM and propose governance structures and a framework to sup

SUBMITTER: Beausoleil D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291151 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature