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As pressures continue to mount, protecting and restoring endangered wild salmon and herring habitat is the keystone to our survival, cultural resilience, food security and regenerative economies.
Preparing Coastal Communities
Building resilience in frontline indigenous communities through social enterprise programs
Community resiliency is the central thread interwoven throughout all of our activities.
In Alaska, rising sea levels, melting permafrost, melting glaciers and sea-ice and eroding banks are forcing 33 villages to move to higher ground. Another 150 villages will soon follow.
Without immediate action, climate change will lead to an exodus of climate change refugees into urban areas. If Native villages are deserted, traditional practices, foods, knowledge and Native youth will disappear from their ancestral landscapes.
“Climate change, global warming is real in the Arctic. There’s a lot of erosion, because permafrost is melting. When that happens, it runs off, off to another lake, another water, another body of water, when the land gives out…The more we work together, we’ll have a better place to live in this world” Sarah James, Native Conservancy Board Member
Native Conservancy is building community resiliency through regenerative-based economies and food sovereignty into every aspect of our programs. By activating a network of local leaders informed by traditional knowledge, our resilient community solutions can be adapted to any community’s needs and priorities as social enterprises. Engaging young people ensures new generations will continue to cultivate community food growing, processing, food storage, and land conservation for the next generation.
Resilient Community Building
Building Resilience In Frontline Indigenous Communities Through Social Enterprise Programs
Community resiliency is the central thread interwoven throughout all of our activities.
See The ProgramIndigenous Food Sovereignty
Building Resilience In Frontline Indigenous Communities Through Social Enterprise Programs
Permafrost – the thick layer of frozen earth in cold climates that has long been used as a natural freezer system by Native communities to preserve their food – is melting away. Now unable to freeze their winter home-packs in the ground, villages will have to find other ways to preserve foods, or these communities will certainly face shortages of food sources. Located in the rural bush, off the grid, they have limited access to grocery stores, adequate fuel and basic amenities. By integrating modern science and freezing technology with traditional knowledge, communities can better preserve their cultural foodways.
See The ProgramLandback & Land Conservation
It is our responsibility to safeguard the last remaining wild salmon watersheds. This Eyak-led, visionary conservation effort has been fine-tuned for years and is now poised for victory. A strategic fundraising plan and dedicated legal support are in place to ensure the protection of this pristine, sacred, wild place.
See The ProgramOceanback & Habitat Restoration
Challenge: Scarcity In Changing Times
Subsistence-based and fishing cultures will work together to revitalize the ocean habitat for forage fish, wild salmon, herring and small invertebrates, among other species.
See The ProgramSupporting Resilient Communities
Provides
tools and resources that empower our communities to grow and process their own food.
Brings
together diverse partners necessary to serve communities on the frontlines of climate change.
Preserves
communities, culture and traditional food sources.