Cooperative Competition with Dr. Thomas Alcoze - a podcast by Che Marville

Today on Let's Talk, Che had a chance to speak to a long-time friend Professor of Forest Ecology in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He conducts research that examines the interface of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge and ecological principles, conservation practices and sustainable strategies for resource management and stewardship in Canada, the United States, and Australia. Dr. Alcoze has been thinking of how forests function as a community where the whole grouping of beings is essential for the continued health of the whole. He shares some new insights into how all the small critters and big ones share our collaborative ecosystem. Cooperation keeps the whole system together. We can grow into more caring people and use Nature's models to establish ways of action that incorporate whole, diverse and healthy sustainable communities. His research and teaching, both in the United States and Canada, focus on empowering native communities to make informed decisions about natural resources management, social issues, economic development and education as ways to restore the sovereignty of First Nations. His current work includes collaborations with the Kaibab Paiute Tribe's Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks to develop a comprehensive wildlife management plan for mule deer, inventory, and Desert Bighorn Sheep to monitor other natural resources necessary to the Tribe. Research projects in partnership with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina helped restore traditional knowledge of burning practices that sustained early Cherokee communities.

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