5-0980 GLOBAL AND LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HEALTH AND WELLBEING, FROM THE GROUND UP

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Saturday, November 19, 2011: 16:00-17:45

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Those involved in mentoring activities, Students, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Lissie Wahl-Kleiser (Unidad de Salud Indigena - Fundacion Cayetano Heredia and Dept. Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS)

Chairs: Lissie Wahl-Kleiser (Dept. Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS and Unidad de Salud Indigena - Fundacion Cayetano Heredia)

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Christine Shearer (UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society)

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Irene Hofmeijer, Climate Change and Indigenous Health In the Peruvian Amazon: An Exploratory Study From Panaillo and Nuevo Progreso

Lissie Wahl-Kleiser (Unidad de Salud Indigena - Fundacion Cayetano Heredia)

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All Climates Are Local: Indigenous Responses to Environmental Changes In the Ecuadorian Choco

James Trostle (Trinity College)

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How Is Climate Change Likely to Impact On the Physical and Psychosocial Health of Torres Strait Islanders, Queensland, Australia

Claire O'Neill (University of New South Wales)

17:15

Remembering Bagua: Indigenous Peoples At the Forefront of the Struggle for Climate Justice and Consultation Rights

Anna Luisa Daigneault (Independent Researcher)

17:30

Climate Change and Food Security for the Kichwa-Lamistas In San Martin, Peru

Frederique Apffel-Marglin (Smith College / Sachamama Center)

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