Ocean Science: Special Issue on Traditional Knowledge
Author:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Date Published:
6/2012
Description:
One important precursor and source of “citizen science” is the gradual but deliberate incorporation of local and traditional ecological knowledge, or “TK,” within government-funded science programs over the past few decades. In particular, the Arctic region of Alaska has become a focal point for progressive dialogue, experimentation, and incorporation of TK into the processes of environmental science and impact
assessment activities, especially with regard to marine and coastal resources. In recognition of recent substantive progress, BOEM has dedicated this issue of Ocean Science to reflect and report on some of the ways in which BOEM, especially in the Alaska OCS Region, actively collects TK input and integrates
it within NEPA documents and decision making.
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