ECOTRUST

Knowledge systems - our knowledge systems team draws on a diverse toolkit that we use to support all ecotrust's program areas. We develop and deliver decision-support tools, spatial and economic analyses, workforce development services, measurement and evaluation services, databases of both indigenous and western scientific knowledge, and support partnerships for more resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems. We apply a wide variety of approaches and tools to help our staff and partners collect, analyze, visualize, and apply community-based knowledge of ecosystems in social and economic contexts. We value and support participatory approaches to co-creating, recording, and incorporating community knowledge, with a central role for indigenous knowledge and land stewardship in support of tribal sovereignty. We use our toolkit to support the implementation of management decisions, including tribal co-management of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems, at appropriate scales. Through our workforce development and career education services, we apply culturally specific approaches to growing black, indigenous, and communities of color's leadership in land and water stewardship. And through our measurement and evaluation services, we analyze and present evidence of the impact of ecotrust and partners' programs and investments.