EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021

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5/24/2021 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF DOCUMENTED INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC | Virtual Platform

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF DOCUMENTED INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC

Arctic Indigenous Peoples have for millennia relied on the ecosystem services provided by freshwaters, leading to a unique understanding of organisms and ecosystem processes and changes. Despite the importance of freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem services to Arctic Indigenous communities, there have been few attempts to summarize available Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of Arctic freshwaters and understand how conservation can benefit from such knowledge. We conducted a systematic literature review to summarize documented Arctic IK on freshwater biodiversity. Documented IK included species presence/richness, loss/gain of species, and habitat changes. Such information is vital to understanding changes in fish diversity, especially when long-term monitoring records do not exist. IK included habitat changes that are associated with a warming climate. Such observations by those who actively rely on Arctic freshwater ecosystem services signify that change is occurring and action is needed to mitigate the impacts on freshwaters. This study demonstrates that IK provides valuable information for determining Arctic freshwater biodiversity baselines and patterns of change.

Biodiversity
Climate change
Citizen science

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Jennie Knopp (), Oceans North, jennie.knopp@yahoo.com;