Background
Vision:
Promote Tribal Resilience by developing knowledge and supporting actions that enhance persistence of cultural practices with a focus on preserving the ecosystems and species that are integral to Tribal communities, through the following components:
Objectives:
OBJECTIVE 1
Engagement
Engaging our Tribal partners to lead the work with researchers and stakeholders, using Traditional Ecological Knowledge, across the region to advance understanding of climate change impacts to plant communities and strategies to conserve and protect these resources.
OBJECTIVE 2
Climate Science
Assessing/monitoring the vulnerability of plant communities, Native foods and medicines to climate change impacts to inform restoration actions and ensure Tribal access to plant communities for health, wellness, and Tribal practices.
OBJECTIVE 3
Planning, Integration, Implementation
Providing support to Native-led pilot projects to test strategies on Tribal lands and build capacity within Tribal communities.
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OBJECTIVE 4
Economic Opportunities
Identifying opportunities to advance self-sustaining Intertribal projects for conservation, restoration, storage, and/or propagation of plants.
OBJECTIVE 5
Outreach & Delivery
Providing a suite of products, applications, and tools to help create an integrated approach to advance and inform individual and Intertribal projects and actions.
Tribal Working Group
Project and research components stem from the priorities identified by the Tribal Working Group, providing a platform for the Tribal Working Group to engage in meaningful research, build on ideas initiated by the members, initiate pilot projects, and work collaboratively with researchers to integrate Tribal and western knowledge and skill sets.
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The Tribal Working Group provides leadership and guidance to determine the priorities, vision, goals, and deliverables of this project, including:
Informing & determining research priorities, scope, and objectives
Development & implementation of Intertribal projects to test strategies
Integration of research findings into current and future group projects
Collaboration with partners & Tribes as a regional model for adaptation and restoration
Prioritization & implementation of research products, tools, and resources developed in long-term Tribal Working Group efforts
Research Components
This project includes collaborative research efforts with project partners at the University of California Riverside and San Diego State University. Coordinating with project partners, the research integrates traditional ecological and cultural knowledge, with state-of-the-art methods and modeling approaches.
Key elements include:
Characterizing changes in habitat suitability of species
Evaluating potential impacts and threats to plant communities
Informing and exploring management scenarios, adaptation strategies, and restoration actions
Establishing research tools and resources to support long-term Tribal Working Group efforts
Developing a model for climate adaptation planning and cultural and ecological resilience
Sponsors and Partners
Resilient Restoration is supported by California Strategic Growth Council’s Climate Change Research
Program with funds from California Climate Investments—Cap-and-Trade Dollars at Work.
