Survey Stats
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BSSN Member Communities:
© 2012 Aleut International Association
Participant Respondents:
Surveys Completed to Date
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Community News
Events
Sand Point increased survey response
rate from 15% to 61%
Lisa Jackson, Alice Kalmakoff and Michelle
Grohnholdt, Community Research Assistants in
Sand Point, interviewed 80 people in the last
three months, increasing this community's
response rate four times. High response rate is
important for generating statistically significant
data, the type of data that can demonstrate
trends. Congratulations to the BSSN team in
Sand Point for impressive results!
April 23, 2012
Updated May 4, 2012
BSSN presented at these meetings:
World Fisheries Congress, Edinburgh
May 7th-11th, 2012
IPY 2012 Montreal
April 23, 2012
Mapping workshop, Kotzebue
March 8th-9th, 2012
Wakefield Symposium, Anchorage
September 14th-17th, 2011
Victoria Gofman and Margie
Coopchiak of Togiak
presented BSSN at IPY 2012
in Montreal
April 20, 2012
BSSN generates holistic knowledge about the current state of
the environment and the changes affecting food security and
wellbeing of the Bering Sea coastal communities through
a research network of local observers who participate
in biannual surveys. It was funded for a five-year
study by the U.S. National Science Foundation
as part of the Arctic Observing
Network program in 2009
Indigenous Communities of the Bering Sea Respond to the Need for
Adaptation to Environmental and Socio-Economic Changes
Holistic Knowledge - Better Understanding - Relevant Policies
Emerging Trends
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