Sustainable Biomass Energy and Indigenous Cultural Models of Well-being in an Alaska Forest Ecosystem

摘要: Oil-dependent indigenous communities in remote regions of Alaska and elsewhere are facing an unprecedented crisis. With the cost fuel transport skyrocketing, energy costs crippling local economies, leading to increasing outmigration concern for their very existence future. What can be done address this crisis, promote security, sustainability resilience rural forest communities? We examine potential developing a sustainable biomass-energy industry Southeast Alaska, home nearly 16,000 Natives dozen two urban within United States' largest national forest: The Tongass. Although biomass has long been touted, realization opportunity catalyzed only recently as part model development being enacted by region's Native corporation, Sealaska, its subsidiary, Haa Aani ("Our Land") L.L.C. In paper we unique nature corporations engines development, particularly through Sealaska's emerging cultural relation social-ecological well-being. assess economic, ecological, atmospheric emissions parameters wood-biomass at various scales according "triple bottom line" sustainability. Finally, what additional policy support measures may necessary nurture successful transition scale communities, more resilient, renewable system, lower carbon footprint.