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Xeni Gwet’in First Nations Government and the Chilko Resorts and Community Association.
All field sampling and observations for these projects were completed based on Resource
Inventories Standards Committee (RISC) protocols. This research provided reliable baseline
information for fishery resources in the XGCA.
2.6. Data Analysis
The climate projection data were generated by using the ClimateBC model, which offers
high resolution spatial climate data for current and future climate change scenarios. 8 This
program
and its approach is particularly useful for generating climatic data for remote
regions like the XGCA.
One challenge the team faced in generating climate projection data is that currently it is
only possible to get climate information within the Chilko Watershed and not for the whole
XGCA. To overcome this obstacle, points were selected at set intervals on four transects
(along a north to south direction) in the Chilko Watershed. Based on this data, a summary
was prepared on how the climate in the larger area is projected to change. More
specifically, recent climatic variables were averaged spatially (i.e. with a resolution of
roughly 6 km 2) throughout the Chilko River watershed and temporally for the periods 1961
– 1990 (which is generally considered as a valid proxy representative of present climate).
2.7. Community Engagement
The Xeni Gwet’in community was involved in every stage of
the project:
Project supervision: A local Steering Committee was established to guide the planning
process and community extension. Nine members of the community were selected,
including the Chief, four staff members, one elder and three members of the community
known for their experience of the land. The committee met five times over the course of the
project
duration and acted as spokespersons in the community and at planned events.
Another community member was hired
to assist in coordinating project activities.
Community consultation process: General community feedback was collected through 4
public community meetings, with a special emphasis on collecting elder feedback. Three
school events were hosted during which the project team engaged the youth in the local
school to raise the awareness of climate change and present their ideas for adaptation
solutions to the community. Twenty‐eight key informant interviews were conducted to
learn about the Xeni Gwet’in knowledge of the land and weather. Four members of the
community
were employed to carry out these interviews. All interviews and community
m eetings were held in the Nemiah Valley within the XGCA.
Progress reporting: Regular progress reports, final findings and results of the study were
communicated at the Steering Committee meetings and at a community luncheon at the end
of the project.
8 For details, please see: http://www.genetics.forestry.ubc.ca/cfcg/climate‐models.html) and Wang and others
(2006).
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