Given the immense cultural and ecological value of forests, the US federal government, Tribal Nations, and the public sector are considering strategies for sustaining forests, including a recent Executive Order by President Biden and the proposed National Old Growth Amendment.
Yale Forest Forum will hold a Braiding Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science Approaches to Forest Adaptation online program on November 7th from Noon to 1 pm ET
In this joint presentation, Cristina Eisenberg from Oregon State University and Susan J. Prichard from the University of Washington, synthesize the best-available Western Science and braid it together with Indigenous Knowledge (IK), called Two-Eyed Seeing, to consider the historical, pre-settlement context of old and mature forests, as well as forward-looking strategies for climate change adaptation.
A cross-boundary issue for many forests is a legacy of settler colonialism and loss of Indigenous stewardship and beneficial fire, including cultural burning.
Informed by the geographic diversity of forests and communities that live within them, Eisenberg and Prichard provide a brief overview of ecocultural systems and climate adaptation strategies across major forested regions of North America, and an overview of the strategies we recommend for stewarding these forested regions for climate resilience, and the principles for partnering ethically with Tribal Nations in forest ecocultural restoration.
This program is part of a weekly Conserving Mature and Old-Growth Forests in a Changing Climate webinar series Yale Forest Forum is holding this fall with a variety of speakers to share how they are responding to and shaping the discussion on mature and old-growth forests
The series is held on Thursdays from August 29 to December 5 from 12:00 -12:55 pm U.S. ET.
To take part in this program, register at Webinar Registration – Zoom