In the author's words, "the purpose of this report is to examine the "concept' of traditional knowledge, the terms associated with it, what programs and research projects are currently underway in the Arctic region that are related to traditional knowledge, to survey how traditional knowledge is currently being used in management regimes, with particular reference to the management of renewable resources and to compile a bibliography of written materials that are related to traditional knowledge." The report notes the increased interest in and increasingly widespread acceptance of Traditional Knowledge, but that there remains a gap between rhetoric and reality. The report was compiled primarily out of an extensive literature review due to time restraints, but also included a questionnaire sent to the Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council (Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Sámi Council, Aleut International Association, and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North), and personal conversations with various indigenous peoples social and cultural organizations, research centres, individuals, and NGOs. The main body of the report is divided into two sections: an in-depth discussion of the concept of traditional knowledge, including terminology, uses, conferences and workshops, and the future of traditional knowledge; and a list of projects related to traditional knowledge by Arctic region, covering in Canada, for example, the Dogrib Traditional Knowledge Project and projects done by the Dene Cultural Institute. Of these two main sections, that on the concept of traditional knowledge would be most useful to researchers in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Rounding out the document is a brief selection of quotes either regarding traditional knowledge or directly referencing traditional knowledge from such international organizations as UNESCO, WWF, Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and the Nordic Council. Finally, there is a 34-page bibliography, and two appendices, one containing the questionnaire used, and the other containing the contacts for various organizations contacted in the course of preparing the document.