Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program and Nunavut General Monitoring Plan: Highlights for 2011/2012

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

August 2013

English

Northwest Territories, Nunavut

This report features summaries of six CIMP and NGMP funded projects, each showcasing how the projects have advanced our collective knowledge of the northern environment and society and how they have contributed to more effectively inform key resource management decisions in the North. These multidisciplinary and collaborative monitoring projects have improved our understanding on an array of issues, including the effects of climate change on water quality and ecosystem health, the foraging habits of polar bears, and the post-education success of Nunavut students to showcase the human dimensions of NGMP’s broad general monitoring mandate.

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