By Stacey Shackford – They may live on opposite sides of the world, but there’s a lot that a farmer in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan can learn from an Iñupiat hunter in Wainwright, Alaska.
Karim-Aly Kassam, associate professor of natural resources and International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies at Cornell, has made it his mission to facilitate connections between indigenous communities around the world so that together they can address local problems that transcend borders, such as food security and climate change.
Now he has been recognized internationally for his work, by being elected to the Academy of Sciences — in Tajikistan.
via Cornell Chronicle: Kassam joins Academy of Sciences.
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