Peary caribou, muskoxen and their predators: the value of Indigenous Knowledge in informing species recovery

梨驯鹿、麝牛及其捕食者：本土知识在物种恢复方面的价值

• 批准号: 566188-2021
• 负责人: Langlois, Alexandre
• 金额: $ 19.07万
• 依托单位: Université de Sherbrooke
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=723765
• 关键词: Peary; caribou; muskoxen; their; predators

Climate change represents one of the largest global threats to the loss of biodiversity and declines in human health and well-being. The adverse effects of climate change are particularly pronounced in the Arctic, where changes in climate regimes are occurring at twice the rate compared to other areas around the globe, and are having dramatic effects on the snow, sea ice, and vegetation that support Arctic wildlife and its human inhabitants. Our research brings together various Indigenous groups (10 HTC/Os, WMAC) territorial and federal governments and agencies, as well as academic experts from 4 Universities to find innovative solutions to the multi-faceted problems posed by climate change to wildlife and human use of the Canadian Arctic biome. Our objectives and project milestones are arranged around acknowledging Indigenous values through the co-development of knowledge that is fostered by a training program with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary research to enhance capacity and collaboration within and outside Arctic communities. We will use emerging technologies and methods to co-develop and co-apply Indigenous knowledge on the Arctic ecosystem with that of western science to quantify how climate change is impacting the Arctic landscape (snow and vegetation) and how those landscape changes are influencing the distribution and abundance of apex predators (wolves and polar bears and grizzly bears) and their primary prey (muskoxen and Peary caribou). We will then test the efficacy of different climate change adaptation strategies, namely through the application of different configuration of conservation networks, in preventing the loss of species at risks and biodiversity given that ecosystem health is the corner stone for Indigenous culture and community well being. Our inclusive program is directed at addressing reconciliation and biodiversity loss in a Canadian context by providing inclusive, holistic and durable climate change solutions by providing tools for incorporating climate change directly into conservation planning and evidence-based policy decision making.

气候变化是生物多样性丧失以及人类健康和福祉下降的最大全球威胁之一。气候变化的不利影响在北极尤其明显，那里气候状况的变化速度是全球其他地区的两倍，并对支持北极野生动物的雪、海冰和植被产生了巨大影响及其人类居民。我们的研究汇集了各个土著团体（10 HTC/O、WMAC）、领土和联邦政府和机构以及来自 4 所大学的学术专家，以寻找创新的解决方案，解决气候变化对野生动物和人类利用自然资源所带来的多方面问题。加拿大北极生物群落。我们的目标和项目里程碑是围绕通过培训计划促进知识的共同开发来承认土著价值观而安排的，重点是多学科研究，以增强北极社区内外的能力和合作。我们将利用新兴技术和方法，与西方科学共同开发和共同应用有关北极生态系统的本土知识，以量化气候变化如何影响北极景观（雪和植被）以及这些景观变化如何影响分布以及大量的顶级掠食者（狼、北极熊和灰熊）及其主要猎物（麝牛和梨驯鹿）。然后，我们将测试不同的气候变化适应战略的有效性，即通过应用不同的保护网络配置，防止面临风险的物种和生物多样性的丧失，因为生态系统健康是土著文化和社区福祉的基石。我们的包容性计划旨在通过提供包容性、全面和持久的气候变化解决方案，通过提供将气候变化直接纳入保护规划和基于证据的政策决策的工具，解决加拿大背景下的和解和生物多样性丧失问题。