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An investigation of the (partially shared) genetic factors of the diseases Ankylosing Spondylitis, Crohn's disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, psorisis and ulcerative colitis using network methods
Supporting Indigenous rangers manage the impacts of climate change on cultural sites
A growing global awareness of climate change threats to
cultural heritage sites (cultural sites) has seen the recent
emergence of multiple management methodologies. However, none of
these are amenable to use by local, non-specialist groups using
participatory planning processes, such as Indigenous ranger
groups. This research aimed to develop a Cultural Site Adaptation
Guide (the Guide), a decision support tool to assist
non-specialists undertaking participatory, climate change
adaptation planning for cultural sites. A preliminary version of
the Guide was created by synthesising elements from generic,
bottom-up climate change adaptation planning tools on the one
hand, and a risk analysis methodology that combined and built on
archaeological approaches pioneered in the United Kingdom and
France on the other. The first three steps of the five-step Guide
are steps for Scoping, Risk analysis, and Options analysis. The
research engaged two Indigenous ranger groups in Australia’s
Northern Territory with strong perceptions of climate change
impacts on cultural sites and a strong view that managing these
impacts is a priority need. The preliminary Guide was tested and
further refined by the Indigenous rangers, using a Participatory
Action Research methodology. The Scoping step allowed rangers to
undertake: a detailed problem analysis that identified types and
general locations of vulnerable cultural sites and the nature of
impacts; planning goals and appropriate methodological
approaches; and resource deficiencies and planning barriers. The
Risk analysis step allowed rangers to allocate a management
priority rating to 126 cultural sites. The Options step found
rangers were able to identify, appraise and rank a diverse range
of adaptation options, including ones aimed at direct cultural
site intervention, building ranger adaptive capacity, and
building cultural site resilience. The Option step also allowed
rangers to generate their own preliminary cultural site
adaptation plan. The research found that practical and rigorous
approaches can be taken to climate change adaptation of cultural
sites by non-specialists, even where resources are likely to be
severely constrained
Award for Meritorious Service Presented to Eartha White
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