Times Union

Shifting focus from Western science to Indigenous knowledge

Soil from Keeley Jock’s surveying site in Akwesasne. In Jock's study, a wetland site in the St. Lawrence River community of Akwesasne ranked higher in priority for its cultural uses than in an EPA ...
KTVZ

OSU authors braid indigenous knowledge, western science into report’s recommendations for land managers

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two Oregon State University faculty are among the lead authors of a report that combines Indigenous Knowledge and western science for the purpose of informing future ...
WLRN

A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate ...
Mongabay

Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd

A wildlife recovery effort in British Columbia, Canada, has successfully increased a caribou herd from 38 individuals to 113 in less than a decade, according to a new study. Two First Nations ...
Mongabay

How marine conservation benefits from combining Indigenous knowledge and Western science

Today we’re taking a look at two stories that show the effectiveness of combining traditional Indigenous ecological knowledge and Western science for conservation and restoration initiatives. Earlier ...

Shark Bay: where Indigenous knowledge and marine science meet

Professor Michael Wear, a Malgana Traditional Custodian from Shark Bay, has been honoured at the 26th Prime Minister’s Prizes ...
WUWM

Emerging leader says Indigenous knowledge is needed, Western science alone won't solve climate change

Massive storms and eradicate temperature shifts are just two sometimes devastating symptoms of climate issues we face. What’s also clear is that it’s going to take an all-hands-on-deck approach to ...
MassLive

New $30M UMass center to braid Indigenous knowledge and Western science

A new center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will weave Western science and Indigenous knowledge together to work on complex issues including climate change, changing food systems and ...
Science Daily

New report 'braids' Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...
EurekAlert!

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change

The top and bottom images both show the same vista of the Stafford Creek drainage in Washington’s Wenatchee National Forest. The top image, taken in 1934, shows a mixed-conifer forest consisting of ...
LAist

A new approach to science rooted in Indigenous tradition

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