MEMA Database

The MEMA Information Database is a compilation of over 750 documents that relate to engagement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and formed the basis for the MEMA Reports I & II. The documents may be legislation and regulations, or it may be guidance and recommendations by governments, Arctic Council, academia, NGOs, industry and Indigenous People.

This database may be interrogated in many ways, such as by source (government, Arctic Council, Indigenous Peoples, industry, academia, NGO, or the UN), or by type of activity (oil and gas, marine management, shipping, tourism, preparedness/response, and scientific research) or by country. Each entry has a link to the document and has metadata containing a summary of the engagement in the document, whether it is law, agreement or guidance, who is being engaged, key words, and the stage of engagement, among other parameters.

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No.	Document Name	Year	Sector	Group	Contributor	Purpose of Document	Type of Document	Notes	Download
541	Giving Traditional Ecological Knowledge Its Rightful Place in Environmental Impact Assessment, by John Sallenave , Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Northern Perspectives, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1994	1994	Management	Academic - NGO - Government	Canadian Arctic Resources Committee		Short Report		541_Giving Traditional Ecological Knowledge Its Rightful Place in Environmental Impact Assessment.docx
542	The situation of the Sami people in the SÇpmi region of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya	2011		Government, International	United Nations, Human Rights Council		Report		542_The situation of the Sami people in the SÇpmi region of Norway, Sweden and Finland 2011-report-sapmi-a-hrc-18-35-add2_en.pdf
543	Marquez, J. and Eagles, P., Working Towards Policy Creation For Cruise Ship Tourism In Parks And Protected Areas Of Nunavut, 4:2 Tourism in Marine Environments, 6-8 (2007)	2007	Shipping/Tourism	Academic - NGO	University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada		Paper/Report		543_Working Towards Policy Creation For Cruise Ship Tourism.pdf
544	Rovaniemi Declaration on the Protection of the Arctic Environment, Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy, June 14, 1991	1991	General	Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy	Finsh Ministerial				544_artic_environment.pdf
545	AMAP 27th Meeting Report 2013:2, Agenda item 4.1.	2013	Science/Monitoring	Arctic Council	AMAP	The importance was emphasized of involving Permanent Participants, and cooperating with other Arctic Council Working Groups, as well as with local and regional authorities and stakeholders: stakeholder engagement is particularly important for improving the information basis for decisionmaking:	Meeting Report		545_wg27-min.pdf
546	Poelzer, G. et al, Governance in the Arctic: Political Systems and Geopolitics, in Arctic Human Development Report II Chapter 5 at 183 (Larsen, J. and Fondahl, G., eds., 2014).	2014	Other-General	Arctic Council	SDWG		Report	Six trends in Arctic governance have evolved and/or have emerged since 2004: 1) devolution and tensions with centralization, 2) increasing Indigenous political and legal empowerment, 3) human capacity challenges, 4) fiscal capacity challenges, 5) challenges of defining political community and legitimate participation, 6) continued governance innovation.	546_Governance in the Arctic.pdf
547	Decolonizing Co-Management in Northern Canada, March 2004, Marc G. Stevenson, Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine	2004	Management	Academic - NGO	Marc G. Stevenson				547_DECOLONIZING CO.docx
548	Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment in Canada Principles and Guidance, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 2009	2009	Management	Government -Regional	Canada				548_rsea_principles_guidance_e.pdf
549	Sahtu Dene and MÇ¸tis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, Aug. 27, 1993	1993	General	Indigenous People	Canada		Legal agreement	Once the exploration right is granted, the grantee must first consult with the Sahtu Tribal Council to set out the parameters of that exploration. See id. ¶õ 22.1.3.	549_sahmet_1100100031148_eng.pdf
550	Community engagement in environmental assessment for resource development: benefits, enduring concerns, opportunities for improvement', Udofia, Aniekan, et al. Northern Review, Spring 2015, p. 98+. Canada in Context, The paper is part of a special collection of brief discussion papers presented at the 2014 Walleye Seminar held in Northern Saskatchewan	2014	Resourece Development	Academic					550_359_Community engagement in environmental assessment.pdf