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RESEARCH ARTICLES

“Blue-ice”: framing climate change and reframing climate change adaptation from the indigenous peoples' perspective in the northern boreal forest of Ontario, Canada

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Pages 401-413 | Received 07 Jan 2014, Accepted 07 Jul 2014, Published online: 05 Nov 2014

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