Transmission of environmental knowledge and land skills in adaptation to climate change in the Arctic

This paper investigates the relationship between the transmission of environmental knowledge and land skills, and human adaptation to climate change. This relationship is empirically tested in an arctic community to document how environmental knowledge and land skills are transmitted among Inuit and...

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Main Authors: Pearce, T, Notaina, R, Kudlak, A, Wright, Harold, Ford, J, Furgal, C, Smit, B
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: ArcticNet Inc. 2010
Subjects:
FoR 1601 (Anthropology)
FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management)
Arctic
Climate change
inuit
Online Access:http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/asm2010/docs/programme_full_web.pdf
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Summary:This paper investigates the relationship between the transmission of environmental knowledge and land skills, and human adaptation to climate change. This relationship is empirically tested in an arctic community to document how environmental knowledge and land skills are transmitted among Inuit and what role, if any, do environmental knowledge and land skills play in adaptation to climate change.

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