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9.5 References for Section 9. Tools and Resources

1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm#1 [Accessed November 2010].

2 Campbell, I (2004:7). Cited in Brandes, Oliver, Keith Ferguson, Michael M’Gonigle, and Calvin Sandborn (2005). At A Watershed: Ecological Governance and Sustainable Water Management in Canada. The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. Victoria, BC. p.29.

3 BC Ministry of Environment, Water Stewardship Division. Legislation: Overview For Water. www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/water_rights/overview_legislation/index.html [Accessed April 2010].

4 BC Ministry of Environment (2010). British Columbia’s Water Act Modernization: Technical Background Report. Victoria, BC www.livingwatersmart.ca.

5 Okanagan Basin Water Board www.obwb.ca/policy_legislation/ [Accessed March 2010].

6 BC Ministry of Environment (2010). British Columbia’s Water Act Modernization: Report on Engagement. Victoria, BC. www.livingwatersmart.ca.

7 Watershed Watch Salmon Society et al (2009). Fish Out of Water: Tools to Protect British Columbia’s Groundwater and Wild Salmon. 

8 Nelitz, M., K. Wieckowski, D. Pickard, K. Pawley, and D.R. Marmorek (2007). Helping Pacific Salmon Survive the Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Habitats: Pursuing Proactive and Reactive Adaptation Strategies. Prepared by ESSA Technologies for Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, Vancouver, BC.

9 Okanagan Basin Water Board Website: www.obwb.ca [Accessed March 2010].

10 BC Ministry of Environment (2010). British Columbia’s Water Act Modernization: Discussion Paper. Victoria, BC. www.livingwatersmart.ca.

11 West Coast Environmental Law, BC Guide to Watershed Law and Planning
www.bcwatersheds.org/issues/water/bcgwlp/o3.shtml [Accessed May 2010].

12 Olynyk, John, Sanderson, Chris, and Manning, Lewis (2010). BC Oil and Gas Activities Act in Force.
https://worldservicesgroup.com/publications.asp?action=article&artid=3389 [Accessed February 2011].


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