Lastly, we discuss opportunities and challenges around the use of collaborative research to support wildlife co-management and Inuit self-determination.
Then, we present these light goose management recommendations and options. First, we describe the participatory research methods employed to explore Inuit-identified management recommendations for light geese, and engage co-management partners and research contributors to explore select management options. Here we explore the potential of collaborative research for mobilizing Inuit knowledge to support informed and inclusive decision-making about wildlife resources. In response to concerns expressed by Inuit and wildlife managers about light goose abundance, we conducted a collaborative research project in Arviat and Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut, aiming to mobilize and document Inuit knowledge about light goose ecology and management in the Kivalliq region. Since the 1970s, populations of light geese (Snow and Ross’ Geese kanguit and kangunnait in Inuktut Chen caerulescens and Chen rossii) have experienced significant increases in abundance which led to habitat alteration in some portions of the central and eastern Canadian Arctic. Inuit knowledge includes important information about light goose ecology and management that can inform co-management and enhance scientific research and monitoring. Inuit living in Nunavut have harvested light geese and lived near goose colonies for generations.
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