Projeto

Indigenous-led actions and solutions for food-water-energy sustainability

Resumo

The project will quantify the contributions of nature-based solutions to mitigating climate changes such as declining precipitation and hotter temperatures through using existing data sets and compare this evidence to what local communities express. It will examine ways in which their agriculture and agroforestry practices can be used to restore degraded areas and through ecosystem modeling examine whether they can enhance the cooling functions of forests thereby mitigating climate change. The project will also identify conservation and ecosystem services emanating from local knowledge through ethnographic procedures of data collection that respects their indigenous knowledge. Through climate modeling the project will evaluate the risks to communities from climate change particularly the risks of flooding and drought. By working with indigenous and traditional peoples as partners in discovery, the project offers opportunities to these communities to become part of the voyage of discovery that is scientific research. Education and training activities are an integral part of this effort to address the climate crisis by preparing a new generation to address the challenges of tomorrow. This partnership, emphasizing Indigenous-led and Indigenous-inspired research, provides a new approach for addressing climate change and the challenge of sustainability.