Resources

• Books

  Berkes, F. 1999.Sacred ecology: traditional ecological knowledge and management systems. Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia and London, UK.

  Berkes, F., and C. Folke. 2002. Back to the future: ecosystem dynamics and local knowledge. Pages 121–146in L. H. Gunderson and C. S. Holling, editors. Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

  Berkes. F., J. Colding, and C. Folke.2003.Navigating social–ecological systems: building resilience for complexity and change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

  Fabricius, C., and E. Koch. 2004.Rights, resources and rural development: community-based natural resource management in Southern Africa. Earthscan, London, UK Gadgil, M., P. Olsson, F.

  Berkes, and C. Folke. 2003. Exploring the role of local ecological knowledge for ecosystem management: three case studies. Pages 189–209 in F. Berkes, J. Colding, and C. Folke, editors.Navigating social–ecological systems: building resilience for complexity and change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

  Krupnik, I., and D. Jolly.2002. The Earth is faster now: indigenous observation on Arctic environmental change.Arcus, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

• Journal Articles

  Berkes, F., J. Colding, and C. Folke. 2000. Rediscovery of traditional ecological knowledge as adaptive management. Ecological Applications, 10:1251–1262.

  Brown, K. 2003. Three challenges for a real people-centred conservation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 12:89–92.

  Carpenter, S. R., and L. H. Gunderson. 2001. Coping with collapse: ecological and social dynamics in ecosystem management. BioScience, 5, 1:451–457.

  Davidson-Hunt, I., and F. Berkes. 2003. Learning as you journey: Anishinaabe perception of social–ecological environments and adaptive learning. Conservation Ecology, 8(1):5

  Davis, A., and J. R. Wagner. 2003. Who knows? On the importance of identifying experts when researching local ecological knowledge. Human Ecology, 31:463–489.

  Gadgil M., P. R. Seshagiri Rao, G. Utkarsh, P. Pramod, and A. Chatre. 2000. New meanings for old knowledge: the people’s biodiversity registers programme. Ecological Applications, 10:1307–1317.

  Garibaldi, A., and Turner, N. 2004. Cultural keystone species: implications for ecological conservation and restoration. Ecology and Society, 9(3):1.

  Kellert, S. R., J. N. Mehta, S. A. Ebbin, and L. L. Lichtenfeld. 2000. Community natural resource management: promise, rhetoric, and reality. Society and Natural Resources, 13:705–715.

  Ludwig, D., M. Mangel, and B. Haddad. 2001. Ecology, conservation, and public policy. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 32:481–517.

  Mackinson, S., and L. Nottestad. 1998. Combining local and scientific knowledge. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 8:481–490.

  Moller, H., F. Berkes, P. O. Lyver, and M. Kislalioglu. 2004. Combining science and traditional ecological knowledge: monitoring populations for co-management. Ecology and Society, 9(3):2.

  Olsson, P., C. Folke, and F. Berkes. 2004. Adaptive co-management for building resilience in social-ecological systems. Environmental Management, 34:75–90.

  Pretty, J., and H. Ward. 2001. Social capital and the environment. World Development, 29:209–227.

  Watson, A., L. Alessa, and B. Glaspell. 2003. The relationship between traditional ecological knowledge, evolving cultures, and wilderness protection in the circumpolar north. Conservation Ecology, 8(1):2.

• Organizations and Networks

  ARCTIConnexion is run by graduate students at the Université du Québec à Rimouski, is built on the experience and engagement of student-researchers and professionals. The team deals with natural science and/or social science issues in the Arctic and Subarctic regions, on Inuit homeland. Many of their projects are community-based and allow unique opportunities for research collaboration between students, researchers and Canadian Arctic communities.

  Inuit Qaujisarvingat, Inuit Knowledge Center. The goal of the newly established Inuit Qaujisarvingat (kow-yee-sar-ving-at), Inuit Knowledge Centre, is to bridge the gap between Inuit knowledge and western science and build capacity among Inuit to respond to global interests in Arctic issues. Inuit Qaujisarvingat is based at Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami headquarters in Ottawa.

  Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) facilitates the collection, preservation, exchange, and use of local observations and knowledge of the Arctic. ELOKA provides data management and user support, and fosters collaboration between resident Arctic experts and visiting researchers. By working together, Arctic residents and researchers can make significant contributions to understanding the Arctic and recent changes. The program is run through the National Snow and Ice Data Center Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) University of Colorado.

  Local Environmental Observers Network (LEO) run by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a group of tribal professionals who apply traditional knowledge, western science and technology to document unusual plants and wildlife, extreme weather, erosion, flooding, droughts, wildfire and other events that can threaten food security, water security and community health.

  Bridging Early Career Researchers and Indigenous Peoples in Nordic Countries is an APECS-Norden 14-month research project that will leverage the research, education and outreach experience of the APECS network to identify ways to enhance engagement between Early Career Researchers and Indigenous peoples in Nordic regions.

  Bering Sea Sub-Network (BSSN) brings together researchers and local residents in co-production of science, which is place-based and relevant to the societal needs in Alaska and eastern Russia.rings together researchers and local residents in co-production of science, which is place-based and relevant to the societal needs in Alaska and eastern Russia.

Please also see the subpages of this topic for more information on:
Connecting Researchers and Communities
Traditional knowledge in your research
Maps of indigenous people in the Arctic