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4 - Indigenous Knowledge in the Time of Climate Change (with Reference to Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia)

from Part I - Knowing our Weather and Climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2018

Douglas Nakashima
Affiliation:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
Igor Krupnik
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Jennifer T. Rubis
Affiliation:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
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