2013 National Adaptation Forum: The inaugural National Adaptation Forum took place April 2 – 4, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. A series of tribal sessions highlighted case studies of tribal climate change adaptation initiatives around the country, discussed planning tools, capacity building and partnerships, and brought together participants to define the path forward in two working group sessions.
Session 1: Tribal Climate Adaptation Case Studies – Building on Success
- Joe Hostler, Yurok Tribe – Yurok Tribe Environmental Program (YTEP)’s Climate Change Activities
- Jamie Donatuto, Swinomish Tribe: Correlation and Climate Sensitivity of Human Health and Environmental Indicators in the Salish Sea
- Seth Moore, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa: Climate Indicators and Fish Management on the Grand Portage Reservation
Session 2: Tribal Climate Adaptation Management: Planning Tools, Capacity Building, and Partnerships
- Susan Rose Wotkyns – Tools and Resources for Tribal Climate Adaptation Planning
- Kathy Lynn and Garrit Voggesser – Tribal Engagement and Collaboration in Local, Regional and National Climate Adaptation Initiatives
- Roger Pulwarty – People, Thresholds and Knowledge
- Sean Hart, BIA: Tribal-Federal Engagement on Climate Adaptation Planning
- For a recorded WebEx version of Sean Hart’s presentation, please email Sean.Hart@bia.gov.
2013 National Adaptation Forum – Tribal Session Proceedings
These proceedings are a synthesis of the notes taken during two workgroup sessions (Tribal Adaptation Planning World Cafe and Prioritizing Actions), as well as a summary of key next steps. **These notes have been synthesized to reduce duplication of comments and present a clear idea of what was discussed and next steps. If you would like to review the raw notes, please email Kathy Lynn at kathy@uoregon.edu.
TK Resources:
- Terry Williams and Preston Hardison. 2013. Policy Maker White Paper for Traditional Knowledge Governance
- Terry Williams and Preston Hardison. 2013. Preliminary Interim Guidelines on Traditional Knowledge. Traditional Knowledge Governance Project
- Merle Alexander, Preston Hardison, and Mathias Ahren, Saami Council. Study on compliance in relation to the customary law of indigenous and local communities, national law, across jurisdictions, and international law
- Hardison, Preston and Bannister, Kelly. 2011. Ethics in Ethnobiology: History, International Law and Policy, and Contemporary Issues. In Ethnobiology. Edited by E. N. Anderson, D. Pearsall, E. Hunn, and N. Turner # 2011 Wiley-Blackwell. Published 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Traditional Knowledge Protocols. Compiled by Preston Hardison. November, 2012
- The Report on Traditional Knowledge Registers (TKRs) and Related Traditional Knowledge Databases (TKDBs). Prepared for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity by Mr. Preston Hardison. 2006
- AAG Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group’s Declaration of Key Questions about Research Ethics with Indigenous Communities. Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group (IPSG)of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) http://www.indigenousgeography.net/IPSG/pdf/IPSGResearchEthicsFinal.pdf
- Discussion paper on research and indigenous peoples. Renee Pualani Louis and Zoltán Grossman, Co-Chairs, Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) March 2009 http://www.indigenousgeography.net/IPSG/pdf/2009_research_discussion_paper.pdf