Abstract

As a Graduate Research Assistant with the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center at CU Boulder, Phurwa Dondrub synthesized findings from 42 sources to describe the state of knowledge on integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in understanding climate change.

Additionally, he summarized 30 selected sources, including 28 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, one journal special issue, one guideline, and one PhD dissertation. This included works by ecologists, anthropologists, geographers, conservation and marine biologists, professionals such as forest service members and policy-makers, and a half dozen Indigenous scholars to ensure a well-rounded representation of knowledge. 

He wrote this synthesis report, as well as a bibliography consisting of 70 sources and a detailed summary of 28 selected works; based on his work, the NC CASC created a storymap and Zotero library (all available on the NC CASC website).