Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
April 8-12, 2014, Tampa, Florida
Co-sponsored by the Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group and the Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group
Climate change and the associated shifting patterns of weather and plant and animal life have enormous impact on Indigenous peoples. The issues surrounding climate change and Indigenous peoples vary, but include water availability, glacial retreat, agricultural patterns, shifting plant populations, and changes in ecological cycles. These will have significant impacts on Indigenous populations. Climate change poses problems of both environmental justice and Human Rights for Indigenous peoples, and Indigenous peoples have been responding with strategies for adaptation and mitigation.
This session or series of sessions invites scholars working on climate change with Indigenous peoples to present papers on their work. Papers on any aspect of this topic will be welcome, as we look to see the range of scholarship being done in this important area. Topics may include but are not limited to
* responses to climate change in Indigenous communities: adaptation and mitigation
* issues on planning and policies for social and environmental justice
* community planning for climate change impacts
* research partnerships with Indigenous communities, Federal agencies, and others
* issues regarding fossil fuel extraction or alternative energy development on Indigenous lands
* REDD and other climate policies and their impacts on Indigenous peoples
* impacts of and adaptations to sea level rise
* ways in which Indigenous communities interface with animal nations
* impacts regarding flora and biodiversity
* the intersection of scientific, historical, and Indigenous knowledges about the impacts of climate change
* Indigenous epistemology regarding weather and climate
Interested participants should please contact Doug Herman, Senior Geographer, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: [log in to unmask]
The early bird deadline for submitting abstracts and registering to attend the 2014 AAG Annual Meeting in Tampa Bay is Oct. 23. An extended deadline for abstracts and registration will be available through Dec. 3, 2013. Participants who register during the extended period will pay a higher registration fee. The abstract deadline will not be extended beyond Dec. 3. Register to Attend<http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/register> or Read the Call for Papers<http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/call_for_papers>.
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