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Northern Arizona Univeristy (NAU) is hosting a webinar on the significance and role of traditional knowledge is being explored among indigenous groups and within many regional and national climate change initiatives.

This webinar: 

  • Will explore the ways in which indigenous traditional knowledges may inform understanding how climate change is impacting indigenous cultural resources and life ways, and help lead to culturally-relevant adaptation strategies
  • Will examine the critical need for indigenous peoples and non-indigenous entities to understand what may be at risk when traditional knowledges are shared in non-indigenous forums
  • Will discuss what is needed to ensure that traditional knowledges are only shared with the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of indigenous governments and knowledge holders (recognizing and obtaining FPIC can help bolster successful collaboration between indigenous and non-indigenous partners through equitable relationships, reduced disputes through mutual understanding of roles and responsibilities, and lead to culturally appropriate adaptation strategies)
  • Will share the experiences of the Yurok Tribe in utilizing traditional ecological knowledge to inform climate change priorities

 This webinar will be limited to 100 participants but all webinars in the NAU Tribal Climate Change series will be archived. For more information and to view archived material, visit NAU's Tribal Climate Change Webinars.

Event Details

Jun 16 2014, 11am - 12:15pm