Title: Sustainability in the Humber River Basin

Authors: Rainer Baehre, Joan E. Luther, Brian Hearn, Nick Novakowski, Douglas Piercey, Dean W. Strickland, Olivier R. Van Lier, Pamela Gill, Wade Bowers

Addresses: Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1 University Avenue, Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 6P9, Canada. ' Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 960, Corner Brook, Canadian Forest Service – Atlantic Forestry Centre, Newfoundland A2H 6P3, Canada. ' Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 960, Corner Brook, Canadian Forest Service – Atlantic Forestry Centre, Newfoundland A2H 6P3, Canada. ' Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1 University Avenue, Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 6P9, Canada. ' Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 960, Corner Brook, Canadian Forest Service – Atlantic Forestry Centre, Newfoundland A2H 6P3, Canada. ' Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1 University Avenue, Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 6P9, Canada. ' Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 960, Corner Brook, Canadian Forest Service – Atlantic Forestry Centre, Newfoundland A2H 6P3, Canada. ' Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1 University Avenue, Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 6P9, Canada. ' Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1 University Avenue, Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 6P9, Canada

Abstract: The Humber River Basin (HBR) responds to critical issues facing decision-makers concerning climate change and the sustainability of the HRB and its environments. The basin and its component watersheds represent an excellent platform from which to develop and integrate science and policy. The research presented herein is considered an important prerequisite to developing a more scientifically sound and ecosystem-based strategy for management of the basin ecosystem(s). Scientists and policy-makers in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada recognise that our most vital natural resources are directly or indirectly linked to water in the form of marine, fresh and estuarine systems.

Keywords: sustainability; ecosystems; Humber River Basin; climate change; assessment; human history; integrated land management; land cover; planning capacity; sustainable development; Canada; ecosystem management; land use planning; river basin management; strategic management; environmental management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2011.038366

International Journal of Global Warming, 2011 Vol.3 No.1/2, pp.3 - 29

Published online: 29 Jan 2015 *

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