Audio: Climate Change in Alaska - in their own words: Interviews with Alaska Native Elders
Author:
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Date Published:
6/22/2011
Description:
Alaska’s Native people live in an intimate relationship with the land, share traditional knowledge spanning centuries, and are experiencing the effects of climate change directly and severely. The cultural identity of Alaska Natives and rural residents is closely tied to their environment and subsistence harvest continues to provide a large portion of the food consumed in many of Alaska’s communities. This subsistence lifestyle is dependent upon the continued health of Alaska’s ecosystems and natural communities. Important subsistence resources include marine mammals, caribou, fish, waterfowl, and moose, and climate change is already affecting access to some of these species. Click on map to hear about some of the climate-related changes to culture and lifestyle already being experienced by Alaska's Native community.
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