The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

 

Expanding Our Tool Kit: Traditional Knowledge & Ocean Research

Type
Literature
Publication
Journal of Ocean Technology
Year Published
2019
Description

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) provided an essay to the recent publication of the Journal of Ocean Technology. When governmental agencies engage with Alaska Native peoples about resource management, they encounter knowledge and belief systems far different from their own. Whether aware of it or not, the collaborators find themselves in an alternative management space in which there are more tools available than usual. A key component of this enhanced collaborative space is the traditional knowledge of Alaska Native peoples, which can be used to improve decision making.

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