NAPECA Projects

NAPECA Projects

NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Rooted in the Land: Empowering Indigenous Women in Ranching

Women in Ranching

Indigenous Women in Ranching (WIR) represents women who have unique roles as land stewards, agriculturalists and community leaders to promote Indigenous knowledge and help...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Community-led Monitoring of the Bluenose-East Caribou Herd Calving Grounds

University of Montana

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)—or “ekwò” in Tłı̨chǫ, or “tuktu” in Inuvialuitun— are of special ecological, economic, and cultural importance in northern North America. Caribou affect...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

The Métis Nation Ignite Project

Métis National Council

Métis communities across the Métis Nation (BC, AB, SK, ON) are disproportionately impacted by the effects of wildfires that are being exacerbated by climate...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Weaving Inuit Knowledge with Watershed Hydrobiogeochemical Characterization to Inform River Monitoring in Nunatsiavut

Memorial University

Impacts on Nunatsiavut coastal ecosystems include climate forcings from the marine side (e.g., current changes, freshening of shelf seawater). On the terrestrial side, these...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Intercultural Education as Climate Change Resilience Strategy in Ralámuli Communities in Mexico

Instituto de Documentación de Lenguas Originarias, A.C. (Indolenguo)

The Western system of education is displacing Indigenous knowledge and, thereby, losing an entire store of knowledge on water, plants, animals and environmental stewardship....

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Poeh Povi, The Flower Path: Indigenous Matriarch Farmer Collective

Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute

In the aftermath and ongoing climate crisis through wildfires and long-term drought in our region, it is vital that our communities integrate interdisciplinary approaches...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Repricing and Strengthening Farmer’s Knowledges and Skills in the Santiago Acatepec Community

Departamento de Agroecología de la Universidad Autónoma Chapingo

Santiago Acatepec is an Indigenous community located in the influence area of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve (RBTC), an arid region in southern Puebla. Like...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Native Food as Resilience: Establishing the Indigenous Research Pipeline for Acorns

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

This project is being initiated in response to the cultural-continuity and public-health crises faced by the California Native American community due to decreased access...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Resilience of Nahua Native Species Beekeepers Households in Huasteca Potosina

Alterd Alternativas para el Desarrollo, A.C.

The Nahua Indigenous families of the Huasteca region in San Luis Potosí face growing challenges due to the negative impacts of climate change on...

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NAPECA Project
2024 - 2026 Active

Community Actions to the Water Crisis and the Impact of the Landfill in Eastern Zaachila

Centro de Derechos Indígenas Flor y Canto, A.C.

The Vicente Guerrero Municipality and the Lomas de la Cuesta and El Manantial neighborhoods, which are in the Villa de Zaachila Municipality in Oaxaca’s...

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2022 - 2024 Active

Enhancing Local Food Security through the Farmer-to-Farmer Model as a Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Florida International University Foundation

Florida has a unique agricultural landscape with the potential to grow a wide range of tropical crops. Even so, extreme climate events, the recent...

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2022 - 2024 Completed

Local Action to Mitigate Climate Change in Zapotec Communities of the Central Valleys of Oaxaca

Grupo para Promover la Educación y el Desarrollo Sustentable, A.C.

This project responds to the conditions arising from the prevailing social, environmental, and economic inequality in Zapotec Indigenous communities. It will, however, have a...

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2022 - 2024 Completed

Maya Peasant Community Agricultural School for Regenerative and Agroforestry Techniques

Mixbaal Fondo para el Fomento de la Educación A.C.

In response to the economic crisis, which the pandemic aggravated, a group of Mayan women from Sotuta, Yucatán, created the Solares Huertas Agroforestales (Agroforestry...

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2022 - 2024 Active

Enhancing Food Sovereignty & Resiliency of Remote, Indigenous Communities in BC

N-EAT Project at Simon Fraser University

The COVID-19 Pandemic has disrupted the supply chains of food to communities across Canada. In British Columbia (BC), Canada, there have been significant and...

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2022 - 2024 Completed

Regenerative Agriculture, Solar Power, and Economic Development for Community Health and Resilience

Remy's Good Day Fund

Navajo, Zuni, and neighboring communities experienced some of the highest rates of COVID-19 in the United States. Chronic diseases, poor infrastructure, and lack of...

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2022 - 2024 Active

Socio-environmental Capacity Building for COVID and Climate Change in Rural Communities of the Rio Grande/Bravo

Rio Bravo Restoration

Over the last century, the hydroecologic condition of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo reach along the US-Mexico border has dramatically declined, negatively affecting a plethora...

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2022 - 2024 Active

Revitalization of Indigenous Place-based Conservation for Coastal Restoration

SeaChange Marine Conservation Society

The Traditional Territory of the Tseycum First Nations of Roberts Bay and Tsehum Harbour is located in what is now known as Sidney, BC,...

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2022 - 2024 Completed

Building Pandemic Recovery and Response through Access to Safe Drinking Water at Beardy’s Okemasis Cree Nation

South Saskatchewan River Watershed Stewards

In Canada, Indigenous populations are at an elevated risk of exposure to COVID-19 compared to non-Indigenous communities. This condition is due to a number...

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2022 - 2024 Completed

Co-generation of Sustainable Alternatives to Confront the Post-COVID Period in Vulnerable Communities of the Querétaro Semidesert

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Home to widely scattered and highly vulnerable rural communities, life is difficult in Querétaro’s semi-desert region. A lack of local employment opportunities and good...

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2022 - 2024 Active

Strengthening the Capacity of Biosphere Regions; Place-based Solutions for North American Sustainability

Center For Large Landscape Conservation

The interrelated crises of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and loss of biodiversity present existential threats to North America’s natural systems and human communities....

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