Cop15 12 11 09 Ceswan Bellona Room 7

“ NATIVE PEOPLES – NATIVE HOMELANDS” Photo credit: Eric Oppegard: September 2003 COP15 COPENHAGEN United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Dec 7 — Dec 18 2009. December 11, 2009: Bellona Room – Delegation Hall 7: 7-9PM Copenhagen, Denmark Presenter: Colleen E. Swan Kivalina, Alaska

GEOGRAPHY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Northwest Arctic Borough Map Source: Northwest Arctic Borough via email communication from Wesley Goodwin as authorized by Mayor Whiting, January 2007

GEOGRAPHY (Land & Resources) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LOCAL ECONOMY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Fish drying rack in Kivalina Photo Courtesy of Austin Swan June 2007

HAZARDS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photos courtesy of James Kulas, Environmental Director, Red Dog Mine, August 2006

IMPACTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

IMPACTS TO SUBSISTENCE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photo: Captain Austin Swan, Whaling Crew Photo courtesy of Austin Swan, 2007

IMPACTS TO FRESH WATER ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photo location: Wulik River 30 miles upriver from Kivalina Photos courtesy of James Kulas, Environmental Director, Red Dog Mine, August 2006 (Used by permission)

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE con’t PURPOSE HAS CHANGED Land failure has become the primary purpose for relocation

U.S. ARMY CORPS of ENGINEERS (USACE) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rejected Local Knowledge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Traditional Knowledge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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