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Toxic landslides into the Peace River continue, add to fears about impacts of Site C and fracking By Ben Parfitt Toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, barium, cadmium, lithium and lead, are flowing unchecked into...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is recruiting for a research scientist position in the field of Human Dimensions of Sustainable Resource Development. Applications will be taken until June 20, 2016. Please see...
A small community of 700 residents in western Pennsylvania has passed a law that protects its citizens from arrest if they protest the creation of an injection well on their land. Find the full...
Check out links to news stories related to rural governance from March 2016. If you have any reflections from one of the stories, or you have a story from your region to share, please leave...
The Natural Resource Development theme team has undergone some big changes recently. Terri MacDonald and Sarah Breen are transitioning into their new roles as Team Lead and Team Support respectively. Team Lead: Terri...
This post is the first in a Natural Resource Development series undertaken to raise awareness of the importance of fire safety management and risk mitigation. This post has been submitted by Greg Bartlett, a...
UBC Press is pleased to announce the publication of Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region edited by Paul Bowles and Gary N. Wilson. This book explores how the people and communities of northern British...
The Boreal Leadership Council, founded in December 2003, is made up of leading conservation groups, First Nations, resource companies and financial institutions, all of which have a stake in the management and resource development...
The Way Forward: Envisioning Treaty Rights in Modern Resource Management February 19 to 21, 2016 Camrose, AB, University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus The conference will examine the need and opportunity to incorporate treaty rights...
POPULATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD The Population Research Interest Group of the Rural Sociological Society is soliciting submissions for a graduate student paper award in the areas of rural demography...