Education
PhD, University of Alberta (1999)
MA, University of Alaska Fairbanks (1996)
BA, Mercyhurst University (1989)
Research Area(s)
Cultural and Economic Anthropology
Arctic Sustainable Development
Indigenous Subsistence Economies
Human Ecology
Resource Management
Courses
AREC 220: History of Indigenous Agriculture in Canada
RRM 312: Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resource Management
Other Positions Held
- University of the Arctic Research Chair - Water, Energy and Food (WEF) Security in the Arctic
- Canadian Representative to the Arctic International Science Committee – Social and Human Working Group https://iasc.info/working-groups/social-human
- Canadian Representative to the Social, Economic, Cultural Expert Group (SECEG), Sustainable Development Working Group, Arctic Council https://sdwg.org/what-we-do/experts/social-economic-and-cultural-expert-group/
Recent Publications
Books (Recent)
- Natcher, David C. and Rolando Ramirez, 2023. Living Together: Communities and Protected Areas in Chile. National Forestry Service of Forest Promotion and Development.. Government of Chile Santiago.
- Southcott, Chris, Frances Abele, David Natcher and Brenda Parlee (eds.), 2022. Extractive Industries and the Sustainability of Canada’s Arctic Communities. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 400p.https://www.mqup.ca/extractive-industry-and-the-sustainability-of-canada---s-arctic-communities-products-9780228011552.php
- Natcher, David C. and Timo Koivurova (eds.), 2022, Renewable Resource Economies in the Arctic. Routledge, Polar Studies Series, New York, 296 p. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172406.
- Southcott, Chris, Frances Abele, David C. Natcher and Brenda Parlee (eds.), 2019. Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic. New York: Routledge Press, 297p. https://www.routledge.com/Resources-and-Sustainable-Development-in-the-Arctic/Southcott-Abele-Natcher-Parlee/p/book/9780367585549
Journal Articles (Recent)
- Ayanwale, A.B., A.T. Orkaa, A.C. Adelekun, D.C. Natcher, I. Ogunwande, D.J. Oyedele, and C.O. Adebooye, 2023. Factors influencing adoption of post-harvest practices among underutilized vegetable producers in southeast Nigeria. European Journal of Horticultural Science, 88(2) 1611-4426 https://doi.org/10.17660/eJHS.2023/011.
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Bogdan, Ana-Maria, Tayyab Shah, Michaela Sidloski, Xiaojin Lu, Meng Li, Shawn Ingram, and David Natcher, 2023. What Gets Measured Gets Done: Challenges in Monitoring Water, Energy, and Food Security in Northern Canada. Arctic (in press).
- Geleta, Solomon, David Natcher, and Carol Henry, 2023. The Effect of Information Networks on the Scaling Out of New Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Pulse Variety Adoption in Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Rural Studies, 99: 153-166 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.02.012.
- Mamun, Abdula and David Natcher, 2023. The Promise and Pitfalls of Community-based Monitoring with a Focus on Canadian Examples. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, 445 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10841-y.
- Yang, Yang, Jill Hobbs, and David Natcher, 2023. Consumer Trust in Arctic Foods Certification. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review http://DOI:10.22434/IFAMR2022.0111
- Natcher, David, Shawn Ingram and Ana-Maria Bogdan, 2022. Understanding the Nature of Country Food Sales Among First Nations in Alberta, Canada. Human Organization, Vol. 81(4): 367-378..
- Ghaith, Ziad, Suren Kulshreshtha, and David Natcher, 2022. The Economic Impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on Saskatchewan: A Subnational Computable General Equilibrium-Based Analysis. International Trade Journal
- Mirzaei, Omid and David Natcher, 2022. Recreational Tobacco Consumption and Food Insecurity Among First Nations in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 113: 703-712 https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00650-8.
- Natcher, D.C., A.M. Bogdan and C. Southcott, 2022. Trends in Subsistence Research in Northern Canada: Systematic Literature Review. Arctic, 81(4): 320-329 https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic75673.
- Natcher, D.C. and R. Ramirez, 2022. Consultative Councils in Chile: Participatory or Protectionist Management of the Fray Jorge National Park? Parks: The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, Vol. 28(1): 51-60 http://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2022.PARKS-28-1DN.en.
- Ingram, S., Bogdan, A.-M., Shah, T.Lu, X., Li, M., Sidloski, M., and Natcher, D. 2022. Unpacking the WEF Nexus Index: A Regional and Sub-Regional Analysis of Northern Canada. Sustainability, 13, 13338. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313338
- Mirzaei, Omid, David C. Natcher and Eric Micheels, 2021. Estimating the Economic Impacts of Specific Claims Settlements in Canada: The Case of Little Red River Cree Nation. Canadian Public Policy https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/epdf/10.3138/cpp.2020-118.
- Mirzaei, Omid and David C. Natcher, 2021. An Empirical Analysis of Food Expenditures by First Nation Households in Canada: Factors Affecting Household Food Security. Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 11(1): 15-31 https://doi.org/10.18848/2160-1933/CGP/v11i01/15-31
- Adechian, S.A., Baco, M.N., Orlarinde, L.O., Moumouni, I.M., and Natcher, D.C., 2021. Social ties development as competitive strategies in vegetables marketing: evidence from small-scale farmers in Benin. The European Journal of Development Research (on-line first) https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00415-y.
- Holen, D., L. Harrison, D.C. Natcher, R. Macdonald, A. Pilyasov, V. Kibenko, R. Biret, M.E. Sara, E.I. Turi, R.M.N. Buljo, A. Oskal, S.D. Mathiesen, I. Aslaksen, M.K. Poppel, B. Poppel and S. Gartler, 2021. Interdependency of subsistence and market economies in the Arctic. In Glomsrød, S., G. Duhaime and I. Aslaksen (eds.), The Economy of the North – ECONOR 2020: p. 119-154 https://www.ssb.no/en/natur-og-miljo/artikler-og-publikasjoner/_attachment/454081?_ts=1797e6e7a00
- Mirzaei, Omid, David Natcher, and Eric Micheels, 2021. A Spatial Model of Investment Behaviour for First Nation Governments. Spatial Economic Analysis (on-line first) https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2021.1921833
- Natcher, David C., Naomi Owens-Beek, Ana-Maria Bogdan, Xiaojing Lu, Meng Li, Shawn Ingram, Ryan McKay and Abigael Rice, 2021. Scenario Planning Tools for Mitigating Industrial Impacts on First Nations Subsistence Economies in British Columbia, Canada. Sustainability Science (on-line first) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00969-0.
- Natcher, David C., Shawn Ingram, Ray Solotki, Carl Burgess, Suren Kulshrehtha, and Lindsey Volt, 2021. Assessing the Constraints to the Adoption of Containerized Agriculture in Northern Canada. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5:https://doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.643366
- Gaith, Ziad, Suren Kulshreshtha, David Natcher, and Bobby Cameron, 2021. Regional Computable General Equilibrium Models: A Review. Journal of Policy Modeling (on-line first).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.03.005
- Natcher, David C. and Shawn Ingram, 2021. A Nexus Approach to Water, Energy and Food Security in Northern Canada. Arctic, 74(1): 1-11 https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic72045.
- Natcher, David C., Shawn Ingram, Ana-Maria Bogdan and Abigael Rice, 2021. Conservation and Indigenous Subsistence Hunting in the Peace River Region of Canada. Human Ecology, 49: 109-120 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00210-z
- Natcher, David C. and Nicholas Brunet, 2020. Indigenous Community-Based Monitory: Cooperation or Cooptation. The Extractive Industries and Society, 7: 1279-1282 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.10.005
- Natcher, David C., Shawn Ingram, Nic Brunet and Ana-Maria Bogdan, 2020. Accounting for Intracultural Variability in First Nation Environmental Knowledge: A Requisite for Environmental Monitoring and Impact Assessments. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 85: 106465 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106465
- Yang, Yang, Jill Hobbs and David C. Natcher, 2020. The Arctic as a Food Producing Region: Consumer Perceptions and Market Segments. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics https://doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12255
- Natcher, David, Nic Brunet, Ana-Maria Bogdan and Devan Tchir, 2020. Seeking Indigenous Consensus on the Impacts of Oil Sands Development in Alberta, Canada. The Extractive Industries and Societ, 7: 1330-1337 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.06.013
- Reed, Graeme, Nic Brunet, Sheri Longboat and David Natcher, 2020. Are Indigenous Guardians an Emerging Approach to Indigenous Environmental Governance? Conservation Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13532
- Brunet, Nic, Jardin, Tim, Jones, Paul, McDermid, Findlay, Reed, Graeme, Bogdan, Ana-Maria, Tchir, Devan and Natcher, David, 2020. Indigenous Community-Led Monitoring of Fish in the Oil Sands Region of Canada: Lessons at the Intersection of Cultural Consensus and Fish Science. The Extractive Industries and Society, 7: 1319-1329 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.06.014.
- Reed, Graeme, Nic Brunet, David Natcher, 2020. Can Indigenous Community-based Monitoring Act as a Tool for Sustainable Self-determination? The Extractive Industries and Society, 7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.04.006.
- Natcher, David C., Ana Maria Bogdan, Angela Lieverse and Kent Spiers, 2020. Gender and Arctic Climate Change Science in Canada. Palgrave Communications, 6(32) https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0407-6
- Mirzaei, O, Natcher, D. C., and Micheels, E. T. 2020. Estimating the Regional Economic Impacts of First Nation Spending in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Review of Regional Studies, 50: 53-69.
- Yang, Yang, Jill Hobbs and David C. Natcher, 2020. Assessing Consumer Willingness to Pay for Arctic Food Products. Food Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101846
- Watson, Annette and David C. Natcher, 2020. Meaningfully Engaging Communities. In Carl Markon et al. (eds), Drivers of Landscape Change in the Northwest Boreal Region. University of Alaska Press: 87-98.