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View article: Applying a science-forward approach to groundwater regulatory design
Applying a science-forward approach to groundwater regulatory design Open
Groundwater sustainability is challenged by the difference between legal and scientific understanding of groundwater as well as the lack of focused attention to regulatory design in the literature on groundwater institutions, governance an…
View article: Conceptualizing the hydrogeothermal setting of Sloquet Hot Springs in the Canadian Cordillera on unceded St'at'imc Territory: an example of a reconciliation-based approach to field geoscience
Conceptualizing the hydrogeothermal setting of Sloquet Hot Springs in the Canadian Cordillera on unceded St'at'imc Territory: an example of a reconciliation-based approach to field geoscience Open
Field geoscience has made important scientific advances but has not consistently considered the impact of these geoscience results on communities where the fieldwork is conducted. A reconciliation-based approach calls for critical thought …
View article: Indigenous Influence and Engagement in Mining Permitting in British Columbia, Canada: Lessons for Sweden and Norway?
Indigenous Influence and Engagement in Mining Permitting in British Columbia, Canada: Lessons for Sweden and Norway? Open
Mine developments in Indigenous territories risk disrupting Indigenous cultures and their economies, including spiraling already high levels of conflict. This is the situation in Canada, Sweden, and Norway, as elsewhere, and is fostered by…
View article: Conferring legal personality on the world’s rivers: A brief intellectual assessment
Conferring legal personality on the world’s rivers: A brief intellectual assessment Open
The following compilation is substantially reproduced and adapted from a series of essays that appeared in the blog of the International Water Law Project (www.inter nationalwaterlaw.org). The series was solicited in response to the unique…
View article: Frontmatter
Frontmatter Open
Universities across North America and beyond are experiencing growing demand for off-campus experiential learning.Exploring the foundations of what it means to learn "out there," Out There Learning is an informed critical investigation of …
View article: The adaptation potential of water law in Canada: changing existing water use entitlements
The adaptation potential of water law in Canada: changing existing water use entitlements Open
Recommendations to extend water law reform to include the adaptation of existing water entitlements goes against a basic principle of water law: to provide security of tenure to water authorization holders so they can rely on a specific vo…
View article: Indigenous Processes of Consent: Repoliticizing Water Governance through Legal Pluralism
Indigenous Processes of Consent: Repoliticizing Water Governance through Legal Pluralism Open
While international instruments and a few state governments endorse the “free, prior and informed consent” of Indigenous peoples in decision-making about the water in their traditional territories, most state water governance regimes do no…
View article: Indigenous Processes of Consent: Repoliticizing Water Governance through Legal Pluralism
Indigenous Processes of Consent: Repoliticizing Water Governance through Legal Pluralism Open
While international instruments and a few state governments endorse the “free, prior and informed consent” of Indigenous peoples in decision-making about the water in their traditional territories, most state water governance regimes do no…
View article: “Legalizing” the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements: Colonial Adaptations Toward Reconciliation and Conservation
“Legalizing” the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements: Colonial Adaptations Toward Reconciliation and Conservation Open
The Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) agreements are heralded as one of the most important conservation initiatives in the world. They are intended to result in the protection of eighty-five per cent of the coastal temperate rainforest landscape…
View article: Leaks in the System: Environmental Flows, Aboriginal Rights, and the Modernization Imperative for Water Law in British Columbia
Leaks in the System: Environmental Flows, Aboriginal Rights, and the Modernization Imperative for Water Law in British Columbia Open
The purpose of this paper is to describe how the water law and management regime in BC under the longstanding provincial Water Act exhibited signs of distress, and to evaluate whether the new WSA can address these issues. In the context of…
View article: 'Legalizing' the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements: Colonial Adaptations Toward Reconciliation and Conservation
'Legalizing' the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements: Colonial Adaptations Toward Reconciliation and Conservation Open
The Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) agreements are heralded as one of the most important conservation initiatives in the world. They are intended to result in the protection of eighty-five per cent of the coastal temperate rainforest landscape…
View article: Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation
Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation Open
Despite broad recognition of the value of social sciences and increasingly vocal calls for better engagement with the human element of conservation, the conservation social sciences remain misunderstood and underutilized in practice. The c…