Integrating Traditional and Local Knowledge

Responding to the Kiruna Declaration (2013) and the SAO Report to Ministers (2013), the Integrating Traditional and Local Knowledge initiative aims to develop recommendations for the consistent and practical integration of Traditional and Local Knowledge into the work of the Arctic Council. Building on deliberations from two workshops held in Reykjavik and Ottawa, and in consultation with the SDWG HoDs and the Arctic Council’s WGs and TFs, the co-leads developed seven recommendations for the integration of Traditional and Local Knowledge into Arctic Council work.