Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 05:42
in Earth & Climate
Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are calling for the inclusion of indigenous peoples around the world in helping monitor the effects of global climate change and develop policy. In a special issue on traditional peoples and climate change in the May volume of 'Global Environmental Change' published by Elsevier, guest editors Dr Jan Salick, Senior Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and Dr Nanci Ross, research specialist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, highlight the role of indigenous people in adapting to and mitigating climate change...