As one of the most diverse and productive marine regions in the world, the Bering Sea supports more than 70 Alaska Native communities in the region. Tribes and Alaska Native communities continue to uphold their traditional responsibilities for stewarding land and sea resources, but climate change and increased pressures from commercial fishing industries are threatening their subsistence lifeways.
In 2021, First Nations Development Institute launched the Protecting Bering Sea Marine Resources project, which provides outreach, funding, and technical assistance to support Tribes and Alaska Native communities in sustaining the marine resources upon which their well-being has always depended.
Through this project, First Nations provides grants and technical assistance to Tribes and Native-led organizations protecting marine resources in the Bering Sea region and addressing the depletion of these resources needed to sustain Alaska Native communities.
This project will support Bering Sea Elders Group reach the strategic vision outlined in our 2023-2028 strategic plan. This project will enhance the organization’s capacity to implement our strategic goals by supporting BSEG’s Elder Representatives participate in the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area (NBSCRA) work.
Inter-Tribal
This project will increase capacity for Bering Sea Elders Group with dedicated funding to implement strategic goals, including travel for Executive Committee trainings and upcoming Summit, communications planning and fund development planning, as well as items such as the creation of financial and other organizational policies.
Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.
Inter-Tribal
Bering Sea Indigenous Training Academy
Other
Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.
Inter-Tribal
Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.
Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council
Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.
Saint Paul Island
Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.
Saint Paul Island
Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.
Inter-Tribal
This project will increase tribal environmental asset control on or near Native lands.
