4.0 Problem Based Activity
This case study will introduce you some issues that the Porcupine Caribou Management Board (PCMB) has to deal with to fulfill their co-management mandate. The PCMB is an eight-member board established in 1985 to provide advice and make recommendations to governments and traditional users regarding the conservation and management of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. In this activity, you will work in groups to make your own recommendations and comments on other groups’ recommendations on a co-management scenario.
Scenario – Oil and Gas Development and Migrating Caribou
Your instructor will provide details regarding the scenario.
**Please Note: This is a hypothetical scenario intended to encourage students to consider the complexities inherent to the co-management process**
Resources
CBC News. “Eagle Plains natural gas study gets $300K.” http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eagle-plains-natural-gas-study-gets-300k-1.1036183, accessed Feb. 5, 2015.
CircumArctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment Network. “Porcupine caribou.” http://carma.caff.is/index.php/herds/538-carma/herds/620-porcupine, accessed Feb. 5, 2015.
Government of Yukon, Department of Mines, Energy, and Resources, Oil and Gas Resources: http://www.emr.gov.yk.ca/oilandgas/
Northern Cross. “Facts on Eagle Plain.” http://www.northerncrossyukon.ca/operations/facts-on-eagle-plain.html, accessed Feb. 5, 2015.
Porcupine Caribou Management Board (PCMB). www.pcmb.ca, accessed Feb. 5, 2015.
John Thompson, “One Hell of a Gamble with the Porcupine Caribou,” Yukon News, February 19, 2016: http://yukon-news.com/letters-opinions/one-hell-of-a-gamble-with-the-porcupine-caribou/
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation & Shirleen Smith, Stories of out Van Tat Gwich’in Elders / Googwandak Nakwach’anjoo Van Tat Gwich’in. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2009.
*See more resources that may be useful in the Module 1 – Caribou Co-management section of the Links page. You are encouraged to do your own research and look for more resources to help you with this assignment.