Politics of Wildlife and trade

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Politics of Wildlife and trade

• Prepared by Gabriel Nirlungayuk
• Nunavut Tunngavik Inc
• May 14, 2009

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Outline

• Introduction
• History of trade
• Politics of wildlife
• Facts
• Conclusions

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Introduction

• Wildlife, Environment and Inuit
• Inuit belief systems of wildlife and environment.
• European belief and systems of wildlife and
  environment

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History of trade

• Inuit trade
• Knowledge of wildlife
• Knowledge of the environment
• Knowledge of other tribes and their wealth and
  expertise.

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History of trade

• By 16th century Europe had depleted most of its
  species.
• Hudson Bay company Est. 1670
• Hudson Bay company had all rights of land that
  flowed into Hudson Bay.
• In 2003 HBC reported revenue of 7.4 billion

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Politics of Wildlife
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Politics of wildlife

• Save the whale
• Greenpeace
• United States Humane Society
• PETA
• Polar Bear International
• WWF

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Life in the north
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Facts

• 16,000 Polar Bear in Canadas north.
• 15-20,000 bowhead whales including the Alaskan
  and the Canadian population.
• 80-100 thousand Narwhals
• 5-7 million seals in Canada

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Conclusion

• Animal rights groups are well prepared
• Misinformed public
• Inuit knowledge of the environment and wildlife
  need to be heard.
• Inuit need to participate in decision making of
  policies that affect them.

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