ARP’s Tiffany Pyette provided strong guidance and mentorship to students in Julia Klein’s capstone course this spring, working on projects related to the organization’s mission and ongoing initiatives. By: Linnea Harris During the final week of Colorado State University’s spring semester, students filed into Dr. Julia Klein’s Ecosystem Science and Sustainability 440: Practicing Sustainability [...]
"This stewardship depends on cultural survival, a continuous connection to land and territories, and—in some cases—outside resources and support." "Indigenous and community lands store a third of Earth’s irrecoverable carbon and provide habitat for a majority of its terrestrial mammals. However, few studies have considered the Indigenous or traditional ecological knowledge that sustains these [...]
By Abriti Moktan Originally published by Pennsylvania State University Department of Ecosystem Science and Management "In the sacred landscape—mountain, river, and land—of the eastern Himalayan region, the sacred groves braid the biodiversity and cultural diversity, contributing to the living bridges of the region’s biocultural conservation.." “Jal Jangal Jamin”–translates as water forest land– rhetoric, quipped by [...]
"Overall, developing an understanding of the intersections between settler colonialism and conventional conservation generates pathways toward healing Indigenous landscapes and lifeways." Pursuing strategies for support social and ecological resilience and recovery requires cultivating a shared understanding of the full scope of settler colonial legacies, which continue to impede justice efforts in conservation and environmentalism [...]
"Very little attention has been paid to this indigenous ecological, cultural, social, political, and spiritual knowledge systems for solving water issues in the course of climate change, particularly in Kenyan ASALs [arid and semi-arid lands]." Climate change exacerbates three categories of water shocks: too little, too much, and/or too dirty water. The resulting water [...]
"In the remote mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, women’s disproportionate exposure to climate change impacts, compounded by socio-cultural barriers to empowerment, necessitates an inclusive and gender-sensitive approach to resilience planning." This study focuses on communities in the the Darkut and Sosat valleys in the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, and highlights how climate events disproportionately impact the [...]
"Climate communication is an important pathway to action that we don’t speak about enough. Many academic scientists, who are also teachers, are already deeply invested in it. But we haven’t paid enough attention to communication beyond the classroom." For years, scientific data has shown alarming indicators of a changing climate and looming environmental crisis-- [...]
Can the world's largest creators of greenhouse gas emissions be held liable for their role in changes to climate that occur hundreds -- even thousands -- of miles away? The article Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability by Christopher W. Callahan & Justin S. Mankin examines the scientific and legal implications of [...]
Are you interested in East African mountain ranges? Curious about the intersections of biodiversity, land-use and climate change? Are you invested in the risks and opportunities associated with the anthropogenic impacts affecting the biodiversity and ecosystem services of the mountains? Mountain Sentinel network partners yorK Institute for Tropical Ecosystems (KITE)'s Rob Marchant and AfriMont's Aida [...]
Are you interested in how to achieve the United Nations SDGs? Curious about the intersections of the various SDGs in practice? Are you invested in how development practitioners and conservationists collaborate, co-create, and intersect in their methods? Mountain Sentinel network partners GMBA and ICIMOD authored a paper alongside PhD student Biraj Adhikari that sparks exciting [...]