Local and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
Indigenous and local ecological knowledge holders have a unique perspective that has evolved over multiple generations through direct contact with the environment. We partner with indigenous and local communities across North America to gather invaluable information about our changing environment and inform climate change adaptation strategies while respecting the unique nature of these knowledge systems.
Publications
7 pages October 18, 2024
CEC’s work to support the Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network (2015–2016)
The Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network is an online community of local observers and topic...
102 pages September 1, 2020
Identifying and compiling information on Indigenous and local communities in possession of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) in Mexico
This report was written as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s project to compile...
106 pages September 1, 2020
Inventory of TEK Projects and Engagement in Canada
Selected examples of these frameworks and projects are described in the body of the report,...
76 pages September 1, 2020
Compilation of Engagement with Indigenous Communities and Experts Associated with TEK in the United States
After briefly providing context and background for TEK work in the United States, the report...
31 pages September 1, 2020
Guide to the Inventory of CEC initiatives with Indigenous engagement (1995-2018)
Classified under five different categories (Event/Public Consultation, Grant, Program/Project, Publication/Report, and Submission), nearly 150 initiatives...
Projects
2015 - 2016 Completed
Local Environmental Observer Network
Grants
