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Session 3: Research and Operational Paths Forward
Pages 41-54

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... Network,1 shared information about this online platform to collect local observations of environmental change. This network is made specifically for people that are familiar with their local environments and are thus able to detect and report changes over time.
From page 42...
... Indigenous peoples are facing and adapting, not only to social and cultural changes, but also to climatic changes. Food obtained from traditional subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering is widespread in the remote villages of the Bering Strait region.
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... . Given ongoing changes to climate, subsistence consumers are forced to look for other ways to store traditional food.
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... With changing environmental conditions (and recognizing the importance of food safety as a part of food security) , the solution may be a compromise in the protocols that provide a safe way to process and store traditional foods while
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... Therefore, wildlife may be important sentinels and amplifying hosts as well as a food safety concern. Current wildlife health surveillance in the Arctic is often not adequately sensitive to detect emerging concerns, nor are current surveillance methods particularly effective.
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... Dr. Kutz indicated that the epidemic was missed by standard scientific methods, and provides an example of the challenge of tracking emerging diseases in the Arctic when indigenous and local knowledge is not included (Tomaselli et al., 2018)
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... Kutz suggested that effective wildlife health surveillance requires bridging knowledge systems. She highlighted the importance of communication with indigenous communities, understanding that sensitivities are crucial when researchers are interested in discussing food sources and traditional ways of life.
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... and a serosurvey is planned in Greenland and Sweden. During a 2019 Alaska Zoonotic Prioritization Workshop, a five-step prioritization process was developed using quantitative and qualitative steps (Figure 19)
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... To provide an example, Dr. Vick-Majors discussed the steps associated with hot water drilling at Lake Whillans; the process involves melting snow from surrounding area, pumping highpressure hot water to melt a hole, continually recirculating water through filters and UV light banks to destroy microbial cells, removing the drill at 700 m to sample borehole water, reducing borehole water level by 30 m before breakthrough, and at 801 m, the drill load cell is unloaded and borehole water level then increases by 30 m, indicating lake water movement into the borehole.
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... Additional research could be undertaken to monitor for microbial threats in these waters. He also described recent research on airborne virome sampling associated with rapid glacier and permafrost change.
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... Discussion on Harmonization of Surveillance Data Workshop participants shared ideas on surveillance approaches, international standards, and microbiologic or diagnostic approaches in breakout group discussions. Understanding the Need for Surveillance One group discussed potential special surveillance approaches that could be taken in at-risk communities.
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... The breakout group noted that Finland has good system for coordination between both humans and wildlife; there are fewer transport issues and fewer issues related food quality surveillance. Most countries do not have wildlife surveillance networks.
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... and with wildlife to prepare for these events. This group also emphasized a One Health approach for looking at trends, especially given that the biggest driver for human health is global environmental change.


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