Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Planning Using a Values-Focused Approach: A Case Study with the Gitga'at Nation

Reid, Michael; Hamilton, Colleen; Reid, Sarah K.; Trousdale, William; Hill, Cam; Turner, Nancy J.; Picard, Chris R.; Lamontagne, Cassandra; Matthews, H. Damon

doi:10.2993/0278-0771-34.3.401

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“…Analysis of drivers, exposures, impacts, responses and outcomes can be done using participatory, technological or combined approaches (Swart et al 2004;Evans et al 2006;Salter et al 2010;Sheppard et al 2011;Cinner et al 2011;Smith et al 2013;Hamilton et al 2013;Moore et al 2014;Butler et al 2014;Wise et al 2014;Reid et al 2014) Multiple case study comparisons, synthesis and historical methods…”

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Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

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The majority of vulnerability and adaptation scholarship, policies and programs focus exclusively on climate change or global environmental change. Yet, individuals, communities and sectors experience a broad array of multi-scalar and multi-temporal, social, political, economic and environmental changes to which they are vulnerable and must adapt. While extensive theoreticaland increasingly empirical-work suggests the need to explore multiple exposures, a clear conceptual framework which would facilitate analysis of vulnerability and adaptation to multiple interacting socioeconomic and biophysical changes is lacking. This review and synthesis paper aims to fill this gap through presenting a conceptual framework for integrating multiple exposures into vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning. To support applications of the framework and facilitate assessments and comparative analyses of community vulnerability, we develop a comprehensive typology of drivers and exposures experienced by coastal communities. Our results reveal essential elements of a pragmatic approach for localscale vulnerability analysis and for planning appropriate adaptations within the context of multiple interacting exposures. We also identify methodologies for characterizing exposures and impacts, exploring interactions and identifying and prioritizing responses. This review focuses on coastal communities; however, we believe the framework, typology and approach will be useful for understanding vulnerability and planning adaptation to multiple exposures in various social-ecological contexts.

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Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

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“…These coordinates drew upon the ideas from human-centered design (Brown 2009;IDEO 2009), capability sensitive design (Oosterlaken 2009), and wild design that focuses specifically on biocultural restoration projects (Higgs 2003;Higgs and Hobbs 2010). They also relied on local values, similarly to the values-focused approach described in Reid et al (2014). While we used BD as an overarching practice of innovation and problem solving, the specific methods-participant observation, interviews, and biophysical methods-allowed for the collection of data at the early stages of information gathering.…”

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Biocultural Design: Harvesting Manomin with Wabaseemoong Independent Nations

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Davidson‐Hunt

2017

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This essay describes how biocultural design (BD) was utilized to develop a manomin (wild rice, Zizania palustris) harvest camp and the prospect of this approach to implement the principles reflected in recent calls for an Ethnobiology V. In this case, BD brought together knowledge, practices, and innovation within an intentional process of co-design to respond to the specific community aspirations of restoring relationships with manomin. The paper provides an overview of the benefits and challenges of using the practice of BD to re-establish wild rice harvesting. The information presented here is part of a larger initiative to restore manomin habitats, harvest practices, and consumption being undertaken by Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

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“…A new agency would have to cooperate with existing agencies and wade through the potentially conflicting regulations of these agencies. And all agencies must grapple with a landscape and climate that are unpredictable and may differ from past conditions under which their regulations were made [12,18] [ 13,29].…”

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“…E.g., [14,5] [15,22026] [ 16,19]. The definition and measurement of successful adaptation differs depending on the community at issue and the challenges it faces [17] [18]. In this work, I consider adaptation to be actions (including strategies and plans) that provide for the cultural and physical continuity of ANVs.…”

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“…While much research has focused on how climate change has impacted indigenous communities [2] [24], published research on how they are adapting and building resilience is more limited [18] [25] [26] [27] [28,32]. Within Alaska, the focus has often been on climate change impacts (particularly in terms of subsistence) and vulnerability more than adaptation [29] [49] consider how people in southwestern ANVs are able to maintain aging infrastructure and community services in the face of climate change.…”

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Presenting a Picture of Alaska Native Village Adaptation: A Method of Analysis

Ristroph¹

2017

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Alaska is a large state with 229 nationally recognized tribes, known as Alaska Native Villages (ANVs). Efforts to understand ANV climate change adaptation have often been limited to a particular concern (i.e., flooding and erosion) in a particular part of Alaska (i.e., the west coast). My study is the first that I am aware of attempting to identify adaptation actions, strategies and barriers across the entire state of Alaska and recommend ways for laws and institutions to facilitate adaptation. In this article, I explain a distinct method for identifying adaptation actions, strategies, and barriers that draws on literature, community plans, laws, and interviews and conversations with 153 participants (including ANV residents and those that make or influence policy affecting ANVs). Rather than coding particular segments of an interview or plan, I numerically code interviews and plans as a whole, based on themes expressed therein and from the literature. At the same time, I keep track of quotations that help clarify these themes. This method yields a complex picture of ANV adaptation that shows different views of climate change and adaptation strategies among different sources. Preliminary results of the study suggest a need for measures to improve implementation of community-level adaptation actions, rather than perpetuating a system of government-sponsored planning and data collection in narrow areas. Institutional changes need to be incremental in order to gain political support, yet they must be holistic in addressing the many challenges that ANVs face.

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Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Planning Using a Values-Focused Approach: A Case Study with the Gitga'at Nation

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Cited by 41 publications

References 38 publications

Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

Communities and change in the anthropocene: understanding social-ecological vulnerability and planning adaptations to multiple interacting exposures

Biocultural Design: Harvesting Manomin with Wabaseemoong Independent Nations

Presenting a Picture of Alaska Native Village Adaptation: A Method of Analysis

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