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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 08:02 |
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The Arctic Portal has just come accross a plant portal launched by the Gwichin Social and Cultural institute. In 1997 the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute partnered up with the Aurora Researc Institute (ARI) and commenced work with Gwich'in elders on an ethnobotany project. The outcome of this cooperation include the book titled Gwich'in Ethnobotany: Plants Used by the Gwich'in for Food, Medicine, Shelter and Tools" by Alestine Andre and Alan Fehr (2002) as well as a masters thesis titled Master's thesis by Alestine Andre (2006) called, Nan t'aihnakwits'inahtsìh (The Land Gives Us Strength). Combined these two bodies of work form the basis for the Gwich'in ethnobotany database.
The plants in the database are divided into two categories which are by their use and by their type and guidlines or recomended on how to treat the land that offers these plants which can be seen below.
Respect for the land:
Important message from our Gwich’in Elders teachings
- Harvest all medicine plants away from roads and communities.
- Take only what you need. It is important to collect only the plant parts you need, pick selectively from different areas and take care not to over harvest from one area.
- Leave an offering for gathering special medicine plants like tamarack, juniper and white moss (reindeer lichen). You may also leave offerings for other plants as a sign of respect. Place an offering like tobacco, wooden matches, or say prayers before and while collecting plant parts. Please note to always place an offering before collecting ochre.
- Share harvested resources such as medicine plants, meat, fish, berries with those not able to obtain these resources for themselves.
- Harvest resources with care, love and respect.
The Gwich'in database can be found by following this link
 If you are interested in purchasing the book: Gwich'in Ethnobotany: Plants Used by the Gwich'in for Food, Medicine,
Shelter and Tools" by Alestine Andre and Alan Fehr (2002) Follow this link
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 09:44 |
 The Arctic coastal interface is a sensitive and important zone of interaction between land and sea, a region that provides essential
ecosystem services and supports indigenous human lifestyles; a zone of expanding infrastructure investment and growing security concerns; and
an area in which climate warming is expected to trigger landscape instability, rapid responses to change, and increased hazard exposure.
Starting with a collaborative workshop hosted by the Norwegian Institute for Air Research in October 2007, the International Arctic Science
Committee (IASC), the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Project and the International Permafrost Association (IPA)
decided to jointly initiate an assessment of the state of the Arctic coast. The goal of this report is to draw on initial findings regarding climate
change and human dimensions for the Arctic as a whole provided by the ACIA and AHDR reports to develop a comprehensive picture of the status
and current and anticipated changes in the most sensitive Arctic coastal areas. Adopting a social ecological system perspective the report
considers the implications of change for the interaction of humans with natural coastal systems. The report is intended as a first step towards
a continuously updated coastal assessment and aims to identify key issues requiring future scientific attention in an international Earth
system research agenda.
 The draft report is the outcome of this collaborative effort and starts with a thematic review of the state of physical and ecological systems
and human communities and activities on the Arctic coast as of 2010. It than moves to a more holistic and coupled-system perspective to identify
knowledge gaps and future research needs. Current knowledge presented and synthesized is based on published literature and other sources.
The document was prepared by an international writing team, including 15 Lead Authors and 27 Contributing Authors. The draft report was released
during the IPY Oslo Conference, 8-12 June 2010. The whole report will soon be available for a 2-month public review during August-September
with the objective to publish the final version early in 2011. Instructions for submitting review comments will be posted along with
the full draft report by the end of July.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:18 |
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 During the 28. June to July 2. The ICC holds it's general assembly in Nuuk, Greenland. Inuit Leaders from Canada, Russia, USA & Greenland come together every four years to discuss the development in the arctic and their common concerns- and the meeting now is especially focused on during the meeting:
• Environment, including Climate Change
• Political and economic development
• Health and Well-being
• Hunting and Food Security
• Governance
• Inuit Arctic Policy
Climate change and many other issues that are effecting the arctic, and thereby the Inuit, need to be discussed and a common policy or guidlines formulated.
Further information can be found on Http://www.inuit.org
Source: Arcticcouncil news
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:13 |
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The Arctic Portal is proud to velcome International Arctic Social Science Association (IASSA) into the Arctic portal community, as the IASSA website is now hosted and designed by the Arctic Portal. The website has been up and running for a while and more content will continue to be added.
For those interested in taking a look please go to http://iassa.org/
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 08:20 |
 The Arctic Portal would like to draw your attention to the following publication, which is a cooperation between APECS, UArctic, SCAR, IAI and IASC. The cooperation is intended to assist early carrier scientists in planningthe path to the richly diverse and challenging world of polar research, and informative for all interested in the polar regions.
An information flyer to 'explore' polar science is now available for students and early career scientists. The flyer is a shared initiative of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the University of the Arctic (UArctic), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the International Antarctic Institute (IAI) and IASC.
With a simple overview it aims to inform about international opportunities to study the richly diverse and challenging world of the polar regions. It contains information on, and links to international organizations that inform and advise early career scientists on: career development, networking, funding opportunities and communication and outreach.
The flyer offers a first step in the advancement and support of a strong future of polar researchers and can be downloaded for print here:
Exploring Polar Science Flyer – small file size
Exploring Polar Science Flyer - large file size
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