Author: CCRN

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

The Power of Community

Academic researchers may use the jargon of social capital and social cohesion, but others around the world talk of the community they live in. Those researchers, studying social capital and social cohesion, are discovering what so many people already know – the power of community....

18 March, 2016

Tool kit: Community-Based, Participatory, and Developmental Evaluation Approaches

This document represents philosophies, methods and tools used and adapted by the “Our Food Project” of the Ecology Action Centre. This toolkit is designed to provide an introduction to evaluation approaches, with examples of many tools that we have found useful in our work....

16 February, 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

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

Koh Pitak Island, Thailand

A video report on the inhabitants of the scenic Koh Pitak island and their efforts to manage local ecotourism...

14 December, 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

Tanzania – Promoting Environmental Conservation and Cooperation

Promoting Environmental Conservation and Cooperation (PECC) is a project of the Kesho Trust in cooperation with 6 villages adjacent to Saadani National Park, Tanzania. The project is focused on building relationships between park management and communities through improved mutual understanding and open communication....

19 May, 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

Marine Protected Area research in the Philippines

This is an educational, informative and touching video on Marine Protected Area (MPA) research in the Philippines. Focusing on Sogod Bay, researcher Alessia Kockel uses participatory mapping to determine the regions that fisherfolks find most important, determining where future MPAs could be located. The video...

10 January, 2017

The Haida Gwaii Marine Plan

The above video is part of a six-episode film series produced by the Council of the Haida Nation (CHN) Marine Planning Program. It features interviews with Haida matriarchs, chiefs, and politicians speaking about the ocean and marine planning on Haida Gwaii. The series focuses on...