To request an information package for "THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE", THE 2000
YUKON NORTH SLOPE CONFERENCE, including a draft agenda, please contact:
2000 Yukon North Slope Conference
Government of Yukon
Department of Renewable Resources, R-2
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
Phone: 403/667-8553
Fax: 403/393-6213
Email: northslope [at] gov.yk.ca
"THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE" is scheduled just prior to the AAAS Arctic
Science Conference 2000 ("Science and Communities: Crossing Borders",
http://www.taiga.net/arctic2000/index.html) scheduled for September 21-24,
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
"THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE"
2000 YUKON NORTH SLOPE CONFERENCE
September 18, 19 & 20, 2000
Whitehorse, Yukon, CAN
The changing environment of the Yukon North Slope will be the focus of the
2000 Yukon North Slope Conference. The conference will include workshops
on:
- climate change;
- changing development activities (such as anticipated oil and gas
exploration); - local community change;
- and, changes in wildlife populations and habitat.
Additional workshop areas may be identified as the agenda is developed.
The Yukon North Slope Conference is a constitutionally entrenched
requirement of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. The purpose of the
conference is "to promote public discussion among natives, governments and
the private sector with respect to management co-ordination for the Yukon
North Slope."