Collection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Regarding Polar Bear Habitat Use in Chukotka, Russia — National Park Service funding opportunity
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Collection of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Regarding Polar Bear Habitat Use in Chukotka, Russia

This funding opportunity announcement is issued to provide public notice of the National Park Service, Alaska Region intent to fund a Cooperative Agreement without competition to the Alaska Nanuuq Commission - ANC. The i...

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Award $47k Deadline Fixed Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Open posted Jun 5, 2013
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  • Funding amount: up to $47,000 (total pool ~$47,000).
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$47k
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Fixed
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$47k

About this opportunity

This funding opportunity announcement is issued to provide public notice of the National Park Service, Alaska Region intent to fund a Cooperative Agreement without competition to the Alaska Nanuuq Commission - ANC. The intended Cooperative Agreement is a continuation of an existing project that was started in 2012. The project end date is May 30, 2014. The purpose is to conduct a habitat-use study for polar bears that builds on previous studies using traditional knowledge and local observers in several villages in Chukotka, Russia. In 2012, the ANC completed a polar bear habitat use study on the Alaska portion of the shared polar bear population. In order to get a more complete picture of the changing nature of these habitats, it is essential to include the Chukotka population. Scientists and Native leaders alike recognize that the most effective management of shared Bering/Chukchi polar bears and their habitat would require active cooperation among the governments and local Native people of the United States and Russia. The ANC will work with indigenous hunters organizations in Chukotka and gather reports on environmental changes in polar bear habitats in Russian. This project will cooperatively develop a report serving to update the report Traditional Knowledge of Chukotka Native Peoples Regarding Polar Bear Habitat Use, which was conducted by ANC and the National Park Service in 2003. Updating information gathered in the `90s. The ANC study in Chukotka will benefit a large number of Chukotka governmental entities, including the NPS. This project is mutually beneficial and the knowledge exchange is a primary objective of the project. It contributes to the larger body of knowledge on the changing habitat of polar bears on both sides of the Bering Strait, and the long-term implications for this important species. The objectives of this cooperative agreement will be: To continue work and further develop the relationship between the ANC and Native organizations in Chukotka, with the NPS facilitating the exchange of information and the process of writing international agreements. -To gather information about polar bear habitat use through the observations of indigenous people in Chukotka. The NPS will act as a liaison when needed to facilitate exchanges, enhance communication, provide translation services when necessary, assist with organizing trainings and seminars, and provide logistical support. -To assist the Native organizations in their village outreach programs of conservation education and habitat protection of polar bear. -To update the habitat use study in Chukotka through the collection of TEK in Chukotka villages -To provide a written report that will be shared by the SHBP with a vast network of interested parties through the SBHP website, Facebook page, and other distribution methods including participating communities and respondents. The National Park Service agrees to: 1. Using the network of contacts in Alaska and Russia (especially in Native communities), facilitate dissemination of project results to relevant communities and organizations in Alaska and Russia. Assist with the dissemination of information; working with local park units to post information, advertise presentations, and include in interpretive programs. 2. Use the network of contacts, the program website, and the program Facebook page to share information from the final and interim reports with the participating communities and well as targeted audiences through the development of distribution plan for final project materials and results. 3. Assist the ANC in strengthening their relationship with Native organizations in Chukotka, with the NPS facilitating the exchange of information and the process of writing international agreements.

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PostedJun 5, 2013

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