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TEK is knowledge handed down through generations through traditional stories and beliefs, including the relationship with the natural environment. This webinar hosted by the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative will focus on the importance and role of TEK in adaptation planning at local, regional, and national level.

Presenters -

Margaret Hiza Redsteer, US Geological Survey Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer is a research scientist at the USGS Flagstaff Science Center where she is leads a research team that examines landscape, ecosystem change and land use history, to provide a foundation for evaluating natural hazards for land use planning.

Preston Hardison, Policy analyst, Tulalip Natural Resources Preston works on policy issues from the local to international level. He has participated in negotiations related to traditional at the Convention on Biological Diversity since 1996, the World Intellectual Property Organization since 2000, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services since 2012.

Kyle Powys Whyte, Timnick Chair in the Humanities, Michigan State University Kyle is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Community Sustainability, a faculty member of the Environmental Philosophy & Ethics graduate concentration and a faculty affiliate of the American Indian Studies and Environmental Science & Policy programs. His primary research addresses moral and political issues concerning climate policy and Indigenous peoples and the ethics of cooperative relationships between Indigenous peoples and climate science organizations.

Event Details

Mar 23 2016, 11am - 12pm