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ITEP & GLIFWC: Aanji-bimaadiziimagak o’ow aki – Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Version 2
November 16, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
This webinar is presented by the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) and the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC).
Members from GLIFWC’s Climate Change Program will discuss Aanji bimaadiziimagak o’ow aki, the second version of the GLIFWC Vulnerability Assessment, which was published in January 2023. The vulnerability assessment is an attempt to weave together Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge (SEK) to examine the climate change vulnerability of a set of beings in the upper Midwest Ceded Territories by the mid-21st century.
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023
Time: 8:30am (Alaska), 9:30am (Pacific), 10:30am (Mountain), 11:30am (Central), 12:30pm (Eastern)
Join the webinar to learn more about the assessment updates which include:
• An explanation of treaty rights and the origins and goals of the GLIFWC Climate Change Program;
• Projected climate change impacts to the Ceded Territories and examples of impacts on cultural practices;
• How the assessment was conducted, including a description of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) interviews and the use of the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index;
• A summary of results from all beings in the assessment;
• A discussion of different themes found in the assessment and next steps; and • A series of pages for each of the beings in the assessment, containing information from TEK and SEK on how each might be impacted by climate change.
Featured Guest Speakers: Melonee Montano, TEK Outreach Specialist Hannah Panci, Climate Change Scientist Rob Croll, Climate Change Coordinator