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Slides: Bpi Best Practices Initiative: A Collaborative Approach To Leadership For Improving Management Practices On The Working Landscape, Peter Zimmerman

Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)

Presenter: Peter Zimmerman, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

19 slides

Slides: Adaptive Management And Best Management Practices On The Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Bob Zahradnik

Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)

Presenter: Bob Zahradnik, Red Willow Production Company

38 slides

The Vulnerability Of Indigenous Land Rights In Australia And Canada, Kent Mcneil

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Not until the 1990s did the highest courts in Australia and Canada begin to address the colonial reality of the dispossession of the Indigenous peoples. In Australia, the High Court has held that the taking of Indigenous lands and creation of third party rights by the Crown resulted in extinguishment of Native title. In Canada, while not dealing directly with the issue of extinguishment, the Supreme Court has authorized infringement of Aboriginal land rights for a variety of purposes, including the creation of third party rights. This article examines the legal justifications for these conclusions and finds that they are …