In the past, researchers would take helicopters to Indigenous communities, extract the information they needed and leave, often exploiting the community in the process. In recent years, there has been a strong movement of...
Climate change is expected to significantly disrupt ecological communities. Climate change directly affects species by altering their habitat. However, indirect effects of climate change on species interactions, such as predation and competition, may have...
What happens when human activities conflict with wildlife and vice-versa? How do we share increasingly populated mountain spaces with the natural world? This Canadian Mountain Podcast episode focuses on human-wildlife co-existence and features experienced...
Reconciling Indigenous science with Western science is crucial now more than ever. For too long, Indigenous People, culture and knowledge has been disregarded. Indigenous Peoples have not had equitable educational, funding and leadership opportunities,...
Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass and provide important resources and benefits to Canadians, such as freshwater, natural resources, energy, shelter, recreation, and a cultural and spiritual connection. As our population continues to...
Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass, and most are in British Columbia (BC). As our population continues to grow, mountain ecosystems face unprecedented threats to their sustainability, including climate change impacts, biodiversity loss...
Canadian Mountain Network Co-Research Director Norma Kassi is helping indigenous communities ensure they are actively involved in scientific research in Canada’s North. In her recent interview in Up Here Magazine, she states, “Now our...
CMN Co-Research Director Dr. Stan Boutin is a true leader in the world of mammal population ecology. Dr. Boutin was presented with the 2018 Merriam Award at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American...
Mountain ecosystems and their local populations provide important resources, such as fresh water and timber, to more than half the world’s population. Mountains also resemble islands, where diverse species and human communities live in...
La fonte des glaces met en péril les ressources mondiales d'eau douce : http://ow.ly/kFbs50Au9Sw #ChangementClimatique #montagnes #glaciers
Les tensions entre l'Inde, la Chine et le Népal pourraient entraver la #recherche sur le #climat dans les #Himalayas (en anglais). http://ow.ly/MFik50Au9O1 #montagnes #ChangementClimatique
Tensions between India, China and Nepal could hinder #climate #research in the #Himalayas. http://ow.ly/AVhr50Au9KV #MountainResearch
Des scientifiques enquêtent sur la mystérieuse couleur rose d’un #glacier dans les #Alpes italiennes, une couleur probablement provoquée par des #algues qui accélèreraient les effets du #ChangementClimatique : http://ow.ly/Ryxv50Au98x
Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the #Alps, caused by #algae that accelerate the effects of #ClimateChange: http://ow.ly/ylVw50Au96M #glacier #mountain
