FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOP Partnership Proposal: Expanding Climate Change Research Through a Multidisciplinary Multi-agency Approach

该项目旨在支持一个研讨会，将来自育空河社区的阿拉斯加原住民代表、学生以及来自美国林务局落基山脉研究站(RMRS)、美国地质调查局(USGS)、育空河部落间流域委员会(YRITWC)和科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)的跨学科研究科学家聚集在一起，建立一种创造性的方法来研究气候变化如何影响北极和亚北极地区的人民。正如提案中所述，“研讨会的目标是明确评估和界定西方科学与本土知识范式之间的协同关系……”并通过“确定社区主导的科学问题、数据收集以及科学家和社区成员之间的参与，以促进为育空河流域内的社区制定适应战略”来实施该项目计划。讲习班的目的是设计一个科学研究项目，以评估育空河流域社区在当前和预期的气候变化条件下的可持续性，同时充分纳入育空流域的土著社区。可能的建议包括对参与者进行定性和定量数据收集方面的科学培训；混合方法，包括焦点小组、目标调查和访谈；地理空间数据库建设，以及收集河流系统数据的量化方法--包括雪、冰、水质、生态系统评估等。参与者名单包括YRITWC成员、国家气象局、美国鱼类和野生动物服务、RMRS、USGS、CSU、美国林务局，特别嘉宾包括亨利·亨廷顿(皮尤慈善信托基金会)和Shari Geared(国家冰雪数据中心)。丰富的本地和国际经验，造就了一支在该领域拥有丰富历史的充满活力的团队。

This project is to support a workshop to bring together Alaska Native delegates from Yukon River communities, students, and interdisciplinary research scientists from the US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) and Colorado State University (CSU) to build a creative approach for researching how climate change is affecting people of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions. As stated in the proposal the "objective of the workshop is to clearly assess and define synergistic relationships between Western science an Indigenous Knowledge paradigms..." and to implement the project plan through "identification of community-driven science questions, data collection and engagement between scientists and community members to facilitate the development of adaptive strategies for communities within the Yukon River Basin".The three-day workshop will be held in Colorado in September 2010. The purpose of the workshop is to design a science research project built to assess the sustainability of Yukon River Basin communities under the conditions of climate change, current and anticipated, while fully incorporating the Indigenous communities of the Yukon watershed. The potential proposal includes scientific training for participants in qualitative and quantitative data collection; mixed methodologies, including focus groups, target surveys, and interviews; geospatial database construction, and quantitative methods for gathering data on the river system - including snow, ice, water quality, ecosystem assessments, etc. The participant list includes the YRITWC Members, National Weather Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, RMRS, USGS, CSU, U.S. Forest Service, and special guest include Henry Huntington (Pew Charitable Trust Foundation) and Shari Gearheard (National Snow & Ice Data Center). The wide experience, locally and internationally, make for a dynamic team with rich history in the field.