Resilience Through Knowledge Co-Production: Indigenous Knowledge, Science, and Global Environmental Change - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Marie Roué, Emeritus Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), is an environmental anthropologist who works with Sami reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden, and Cree First Nations in Arctic Quebec, Canada. She directed the CNRS/National Museum of Natural History research team on the anthropology of nature (APSONAT) and served as a member of the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP), as well as its task force on indigenous and local knowledge.

Douglas Nakashima recently retired from UNESCO's Natural Sciences sector where he created the global Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme. He has worked in the indigenous knowledge field for over 40 years, beginning with research among Inuit and Cree First Nations in Arctic Canada. He led UNESCO's work with IPCC and IPBES that highlights the key role of indigenous knowledge in climate change and biodiversity assessments.

Igor Krupnik is Curator of Arctic Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Trained as a cultural anthropologist and ecologist, he has worked in polar indigenous communities, primarily in Alaska and Bering Strait region. His area of expertise includes modern cultures, indigenous ecological knowledge, and the impact of modern climate change on human life in the North. He has published and co-edited more than 20 books, catalogues and community sourcebooks. He received a medal from the International Arctic Science Committee in 2012 for his role in building bridges between social and natural scientists and polar indigenous people.