Cultural impacts to tribes from climate change influences on forests

• Published in: Climatic change Vol. 120; no. 3; pp. 615 - 626
• Main Authors: Voggesser, Garrit, Lynn, Kathy, Daigle, John, Lake, Frank K., Ranco, Darren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation; Animal species; Atmospheric Sciences; Biodiversity; Climate; Climate action; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Culture; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Economics; Ecosystems; Environmental degradation; Environmental economics; Environmental impact; Forestry; Forests; Greenhouse effect; High temperature; Indigenous peoples; Invasive species; Knowledge; Land degradation; Native peoples; Nonnative species; Resource management; Resources management; Sovereignty; Strategy; Vegetation; Wildfires; National Park Service; Fire Regime; Invasive Species; Climate Change Impact; Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Climate change related impacts, such as increased frequency and intensity of wildfires, higher temperatures, extreme changes to ecosystem processes, forest conversion and habitat degradation are threatening tribal access to valued resources. Climate change is and will affect the quantity and quality...