CCRN applauds IUCN`s support for Indigenous peoples’ rights
In a landmark decision, the IUCN Members’ Assembly has voted to create a new category of membership for Indigenous peoples’ organisations....
30 September, 2016
Indigenous Peoples Tag
Seven years of research and university outreach
The purpose of this workbook is to highlight the native and rural communities of Brazil, their way of life, culture, and relationship with nature....
30 September, 2016
SEA LEVEL RISE AND LENNOX ISLAND, PEI
Due to climate change Lenox Island, which can be found north of Prince Edward Island, is shrinking. The Mi’kmaq, a First Nations people who have lived on the island for thousands of years, are working to adapt to the island’s changing conditions. ...
29 July, 2016
CCRN Director Anthony Charles on Sustainable Coastal Communities
CCRN Director Dr. Anthony Charles presents three keynote talks exploring how coastal communities can make a difference for conservation of the world's oceans...
30 June, 2016
The Indicator Tracking Project for T’aaq-wiihak Fisheries: Tools to Measure Success
The indicators tracking program is the start of a long-term monitoring project to provide consistent and measurable information about how well the fishery is reflecting the Nuu-chah-nulth vision, values, and priorities....
01 June, 2016
Marine Protected Areas and Livelihoods
The focus was on how marine protected areas, fishing livelihoods and food security interact, and can be mutually supportive. The research concluded that when fishers and communities are empowered and involved, MPAs can more effectively produce biodiversity and human outcomes....
28 April, 2016
First Nations protect their genetic resources
The use and preservation of traditional knowledge is related to First Nations livelihood, as their culture, survival, and stewardship of their lands and territories depend on it....
28 April, 2016
Developing an Innu-Centered Environmental Policy
The workshop was filled with discussions regarding Innu values that would be central to an environmental policy, as well ways the Innu Nation could make these values core to the development of their environmental policy in the settlement of land claims in preparation for self-government....
18 March, 2016
Research results on sacred sites presented at the University of Central Asia
Aibek Samakov, a graduate of the University of Manitoba, presented the results of his research on sacred sites in Ysyk-Köl Biosphere Reserve on January 28, 2016 at the University of Central Asia. Sacred sites in Ysyk-Köl area of Kyrgyzstan represent areas of land and bodies...
10 February, 2016
CCRN in Canada
Learn about the community-based conservation and sustainable livelihoods initiatives of coastal and inland communities taking place at our study sites across Canada....
27 November, 2015
CCRN in Asia
This video shares insights of our sites in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Kyrgyzstan. Check out how communities in these countries attempt to better improve their local environment and sustain their livelihoods. This video focuses on a community-based fishery, tourism and culture preservation programs in Asia....
27 November, 2015
CCRN in the Global South
Find out more on how our work in Mexico, Chile, Brazil, The Gambia and South Africa has helped in balancing and promoting sustainable community development in these local communities. This video focuses on various local challenges: such as, balancing environmental conservation, water management, and community...
27 November, 2015
International Research Coalition Issues Warning:
June 9, 2015. A global network of researchers from universities, aboriginal organizations, and community groups is calling on governments, businesses and other organizations to ensure a strong role for local and indigenous communities in decisions about natural resources....
09 June, 2015
Nuu-chah-nulth Stewardship Photovoice Project
What does Uu-a-thluk or “taking care of” the environment, mean to you?...
31 January, 2016
Storybook Project
Uu-a-thluk coordinated a storybook project with the Ehattesaht First Nation. A one-day storytelling workshop was held with Ehattesaht youth with the support of elders and knowledge holders....
31 January, 2016
Fishers of the Olifants Estuary
This video from one of our study sites in South Africa focuses on local communities that demonstrate the importance of indigenous knowledge and river management practices in a community that depends on fisheries for its livelihoods....
14 January, 2016
Study Site: The Gambia
Members of a Gambian community discuss conservation and stewardship...
27 November, 2015
Solidarity and the Art of Lobster Fishing
This beautiful documentary by Steve De Neef and Gord More for HAKAI Magazine features CCRN Partner and Researcher Dr. Juan Carlos Seijo. In Punta Allen, Mexico, a lobster fishing cooperative supports the community and the environment. Perched aside the sparkling Caribbean Sea, Ascension Bay in Punta Allen, Mexico, is the site of one...
01 June, 2016
As Sea Level Rises, These People Show Us How to Cope
Lennox Island is a small but culturally rich coastal community in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that is seeing the negative impact of climate change and sea-level rise. ...
05 July, 2016
The Ocean is Our Garden, Fishing Rights for Nuu-chah-nulth
Fishing rights and traditional livelihoods among the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations....
17 November, 2015
Impact of environmental degradation on fishers’ livelihoods
The following case study of a Brazilian mangrove community located in an industrial area, Vila dos Pescadores (Fishers' Village), analyzes the impact that environmental degradation has on fishers' livelihoods....
23 January, 2016
A Coastal Partnership: Maritime Stories of Integrated Management
Across the Canadian Maritimes there are many unpublicized stories of coastal community heros, groups of people working together to protect the health of their fisheries, watersheds, and community heritage....
29 April, 2016
Sharing the Waters
Sharing the Waters, Saint John, NB was produced for the Fundy North Fishermen's Association, a partner community organization of Coastal CURA. This film begins with a brief introduction to the history of the inshore fishery in Saint John followed by an overview of issues stemming from...
29 April, 2016
Wi’kupaltimk – Feast of Forgiveness
The film celebrates the resilience of the Mi’kmaq, and Indigenous people in general....
27 June, 2016
T’aaq-wiihak, Implementing Nuu-chah-nulth Fishing Rights
In 2009, the BC Supreme Court ruled that five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations have an Aboriginal right to fish and sell all species of fish from their territories on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada....
27 June, 2016