“Frozen Commons” are defined as ice, snow, and permafrost landscapes collectively used and managed by the Indigenous Peoples, local communities, governments, and non-local stakeholders. Melting ice, snow, and thawing permafrost are all evidence of amplified Arctic climate change. Indigenous Arctic worldviews, infrastructure, and daily life are highly dependent on cold and/or frozen conditions. However, the cultural, social, and economic implications of climate-induced environmental change in the Arctic are still poorly understood. This NSF-funded project will examine the sustainability of frozen commons under changing environmental conditions to assess Arctic community resilience. This project will advance transdisciplinary research by converging science, arts, local and Indigenous Knowledge systems. Community-centered research will take place in Alaska and Siberia, involving natural and social scientists, local residents, Indigenous Peoples, and governments in research design, data collection, analysis and dissemination of results.
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On December 2, 2023 (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM local time) at the COP28 - United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, UAE Dr. Vera Kuklina from George Washington University (USA) organizes a panel discussion on the collaboration between Western academia and nomadic...
Project team members Shauna Burnsilver, Alexander Kholodov, Vera Kuklina, Andrey Petrov, Nikolay Shiklomanov, and James Temte, participated at the Navigating the New Arctic Community Office Annual Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted by Alaska Pacific University, during November 15-17, 2022.
Pavel Groisman and Vera Kuklina participated in the NASA LCLUC Workshop that summarized the 25 years of activities of the NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program. Hyatt Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 18-20 October, 2022
