Traditional Ecological Knowledge

This Climate Vulnerability Ratings Chart weaves together Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge to rank the climate change vulnerability of 60 plant and animal beings in the upper Midwest Ceded Territories by the mid-21st century. This assessment was developed by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) and published in the Aanji bimaadiziimagak o’ow aki, the second version of the GLIFWC Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

Download the entire vulnerability assement for a complete description of how climate change is affecting plant and animal being’s vulnerability ratings:  Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Version 2  (Open PDF)