EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
5/25/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Indigenous Observation Network: An approach to Indigenous Water Governance | Virtual Platform
Indigenous Observation Network: An approach to Indigenous Water Governance
In the arctic and subarctic, Indigenous peoples are significantly vulnerable to changes in water quality and quantity due to their complex relationship between the environment and their health, livelihoods and cultural wellbeing. Alaska Native Tribal and First Nation governances have been exploring avenues to develop water rights decision-making processes in order to protect water in a manner that they deem consistent with the values, principles and relationships of Indigenous water governance This presentation discusses the Indigenous Observation Network, a partnership between the Alaska Native Tribes and First Nations, the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, the United States Geological Survey, and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks that combines Traditional Ecological Knowledge and modern science. The community-based research program has developed two projects that focus on water quality and active layer dynamics to address concerns with regard to past and current changes to the landscape and hydrology. With predicted environmental changes, the efforts of ION will become critical to assess, mitigate and adapt to changing local environments. The ION baseline dataset has been used to inform Alaska Tribal and Territorial governance throughout their water management and source water protection planning processes.
- Climate change
- Arctic Freshwater
- Monitoring
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Presenters/Authors
Edda Mutter
(), Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, emutter@yritwc.org;
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