@article {25039,
	title = {Blue ecology: A cross-cultural approach to reconciling forest-related conflicts},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {38-55},
	publisher = {BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management},
	abstract = {Fresh water has a unifying role at the ecosystem and human level. Water, without fail, is recognized throughout the globe as crucial to human life. By examining a dispute resolution case study relating to Mt. Ida, near Salmon Arm, B.C., this paper offers a probe of the question ?hat is water?? An Elder poses three questions about fresh water{\textquoteright}s role in the forest ecosystem; the answers are sought using the concept of ?lue ecology,?which interweaves Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Western science. The purpose is to reveal cross-cultural assumptions and definitions of fresh water, and to assist in reconciling forest-related conflicts between First Nations and government agencies. Because water is a common interest to all people, blue ecology is proposed as a means towards this reconciliation. The paper presents five guiding principles that should be useful to mediators and forests managers seeking to build co-operative cross-cultural solutions.},
	keywords = {blue ecology, blue revolution, conflict resolution, First Nations, fresh water, Mt. Ida, waterbased ecology},
	url = {http://jem.forrex.org/index.php/jem/article/view/313/232},
	author = {Blackstock, Michael D.}
}
