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Study: Whales in Ice-Free Arctic Face Emerging Threat from Ships – gCaptain
▻http://gcaptain.com/study-whales-in-ice-free-arctic-face-emerging-threat-from-ships

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As climate change brings a longer ice-free season and more commercial ships to the Arctic, a new study is recommending that precautionary measures be put in place to minimize the negative impacts of increased vessel traffic on marine mammals, namely from threats including noise and ship strikes.

In the Arctic, mammals such as belugas and bowhead whales rely on a quiet environment to communicate and forage. But as Arctic sea ice shrinks and shipping traffic increases, vessel disturbance could very likely impact their social behaviors, distribution and long-term survival, according to the new study led by University of Victoria marine biologist Lauren McWhinnie.

Why a radical geography must be anarchist | Simon Springer - Academia.edu

▻https://www.academia.edu/2254767/Why_a_radical_geography_must_be_anarchist

Why a radical geographymust be anarchist

Simon Springer

University of Victoria, Canada

Radical geographers have been preoccupied with Marxism for four decades, largely ignoring an earlieranarchisttraditionthatthrived acenturybeforeradicalgeographywas claimedas Marxistinthe1970s. Whenanarchism is considered, it is misused as a synonym for violence or derided as a utopian project.

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BC First Nations mapping territories on Google Earth - Beacon News : Beacon News

▻http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2014/08/bc-first-nations-mapping-territories-google-earth

Many BC First Nations have overlapping land claims

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Google Earth may soon be helping some of the most remote BC First Nations territories map their traditional territories as part of ongoing treaty discussions with the Canadian and BC governments.
BC First Nations

Google employees will be teaching members from about 70 First Nations across the country how to chart their land on the application during a four-day Indigenous Mapping Workshop at the University of Victoria that starts Monday.

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Invitation to apply to the Indigenous Mapping Workshop in Canada
▻http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/News_Releases/UBCICEvent04241401.htm#axzz36mg2MiuP

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, the Firelight Group, University of Victoria and Google Earth Outreach are co-hosting an Indigenous Mapping Workshop at the University of Victoria campus in August 2014.

The Indigenous Mapping Workshop will combine presentations by communities engaged in mapping projects, with technical training sessions on mapping cultural and natural aspects of indigenous communities. Sessions will explore themes including traditional land use and occupancy studies, environmental monitoring, shared decision-making, negotiations and intergenerational education.

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Participants will have the opportunity to hear success stories, learn & share best practices, and will receive a training on practical Google mapping tools, which participants can use to collect, host, visualize, share and publish their map data. The technical training will be co-led by members of the Google Earth Outreach team and indigenous mapping practitioners with years of practical experience in the field.

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