Description
With a long history and deep connection to the Earth's resources, indigenous peoples have an intimate understanding and ability to observe the impacts linked to climate change. Traditional ecological knowledge and tribal experience play a key role in developing future scientific solutions for adaptation to the impacts. The book explores climate-related issues for indigenous communities in the United States, including loss of traditional knowledge, forests and ecosystems, food security and traditional foods, as well as water, Arctic sea ice loss, permafrost thaw and relocation. The book also highlights how tribal communities and programs are responding to the changing environments. Fifty authors from tribal communities, academia, government agencies and NGOs contributed to the book.
Previously published in Climatic Change, Volume 120, Issue 3, 2013.
Author: Julie Koppel Maldonado
Publisher: Springer
Published: 05/14/2014
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9783319052656
ISBN10: 3319052659
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- Science | Global Warming & Climate Change
- Social Science | Sociology | General
About the Author
Fifty authors from tribal communities, academia, government agencies and NGOs contributed to the book, which explores climate-related issues in indigenous communities in the U.S., including loss of traditional knowledge, forests and ecosystems; food security and traditional foods and water, Arctic sea ice loss, permafrost thaw and relocation.