Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy: Volume 6 Issue 3

Inuit culture and opportunity recognition for commercial caribou harvests in the bio economy

Aldene H. Meis Mason, Robert B. Anderson, Leo‐Paul Dana

This case study aims to explore the affect of Canadian Inuit culture on recognizing opportunities from caribou when participating in the bio economy and decision making and…

Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism development: a British Columbia case study

Katherine L. Turner, Fikret Berkes, Nancy J. Turner

The purpose of this research is to examine Gitga'at First Nation approaches and objectives concerning the use of local biological and cultural resources through the lens of a…

Partnerships towards NTFP development: perspectives from Pikangikum First Nation

Ryan D. Pengelly, Iain Davidson‐Hunt

The purpose of this paper is to provide a community perspective on partnerships with the goal of researching, designing, developing and commercializing non‐timber forest products…

Aboriginal antidiabetic plant project with the James Bay Cree of Québec: An insightful collaboration

Alain Cuerrier, Ashleigh Downing, Elisabeth Patterson, Pierre Haddad

Research projects involving traditional knowledge are finding new ways of dealing with intellectual property rights and commercialisation. Influenced by calls for fair and…

Rethinking and re‐shaping indigenous economies: Māori geothermal energy enterprises

Maria Bargh

In light of the shortcomings of the current world order for indigenous peoples and the environment, there is a need to make “another world possible” by promoting new ways of…

Social enterprises for development as buen vivir

Michela Giovannini

The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual overview of linkages between buen vivir and social enterprise as emerging from a review of the literature regarding indigenous…

Indigenous communities, the bioeconomy and natural resource development

Iain J. Davidson-Hunt, Katherine L. Turner