Dear colleagues, The new, open-access transdisciplinary journal "Culture, Climate and Change: Biocultural Systems and Livelihoods" (CCC:BSL) aims to critically engage with and disseminate biocultural approaches to understanding and responding to climate change and global change processes. The first issue is now open for submissions. Contributions should emphasise the interconnected reality of indigenous biocultural systems and how they enable adaptive capacity, resilience and mitigation.
A feature of this first issue will be a section on REDD and REDD+. We are particularly interested in articles that explore the relationship between the rights of forest dwelling indigenous peoples and climate change mitigation mechanisms for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Submissions that provide local perspectives and knowledge as well as academic and professional inquiry are welcomed. Topics could expand on discourses and practices of socio-ecological and biocultural complex systems, climate change, conservation, endogenous development and indigenous rights. Original articles, research report summaries and brief communications are welcome. Articles will begin to be published in January 2012 and can continue to be published until the issue closes. Types of papers include: i) research articles (5 – 8,000 words); essays; book and report reviews. INFORMATION TO AUTHORS Please visit the CCC:BSL site at http://journals.sfu.ca/ccc/index.php/ccc/index for all the information on how to format your manuscript, as well as on-line submissions. Please note that you must register (go to http://journals.sfu.ca/ccc.index.php/ccc/user/register) as an author to be able to submit your manuscript. For more information: http://journals.sfu.ca/ccc/index.php/ccc/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions Completed manuscripts submitted by December 23rd will be considered for the journal launch in January 2012. Manuscripts submitted after this date will also be considered for the first issue, which will continue to publish papers through till March 2012. Short contributions: Maximum length 2,000 words Research articles: Maximum length 8,000 words JOURNAL EDITORS Dr Marina Apgar, Indigenous Peoples’ Biocultural Climate Change Assessment (IPCCA) initiative, Asociacion ANDES, Cusco, Peru Dr Will Allen, Learning for Sustainability - http://learningforsustainability.net/ Dr Martin Pedersen, Co-founder tr33 - http://tr33.org.uk/about-tr33/ Dr Nina Moeller, Freelance Consultant, UK Please forward this introduction to the Culture, Climate and Change: Biocultural Systems and Livelihoods journal, and call for papers onto interested colleagues and networks. thanks Dr Will Allen Culture, Climate and Change: Biocultural Systems and Livelihoods journal http://journals.sfu.ca/ccc/index.php/ccc/index
