This project seeks to expand uranium mining and milling in the world famous Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, which is the source of 1/3 of the world's uranium. Recently, the cost of fossil fuels and the increased demand for uranium has reignited exploration in the region, promising employment and development opportunities, but historically has left in its wake a legacy of abandoned mines and concerned citizens. As stakeholders, the remote communities in the region (many of which are First Nation) are increasingly burdened with the environmental costs of such exploration and have requested assistance in interpreting the multitude of EISs which will have dramatic effects on their traditional ways of life
<p>The biodiversity of Papua New Guinea’s tropical rainforests is utilized by local communities in diverse and often unrecognised ways. Aside from the high commercial value of some rainforest trees, forests provide a number of other goods and services to communities that are more difficult to quantify such as construction, food, medicinal, spiritual, ornamental and recreational values.</p>
Prior to joining CEU faculty, Brandon Anthony worked as advisor to the Hungarian Nature Conservation Institute, as a park supervisor/biologist with the Otonabee Regional Conservation Authority (Canada), and as an agricultural habitat biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (Canada). He has conducted research on nature conservation and community livelihoods in Canada, South Africa, Malawi, Romania and Hungary.
