The national park service (NPS) conducts cultural resource stewardship largely at the park level

To carry out and further this stewardship responsibility, the service implements programs that encompass a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities. This purpose of this agreement is to bring together an ECO-systematic science approach and an indigenous knowledge (IK) holistic approach to CO-produce knowledge of arctic coastal ecosystems in alaska. The objective is to provide the alaska united states component to pan-arctic assessments of arctic coastal biodiversity with a focus on questions relevant to food security. Tasks included in the agreement are:1) convene IK holders and scientists with the expertise and willingness to contribute as the alaska US coastal expert network 2) map coastscapes around arctic alaska to provide a common framework for the circumpolar assessment of coastal biodiversity - maps will be made public.3) map knowledge to inform coastal biodiversity assessments, bringing together both IK and scientific studies - results will be made public.4) assess results and areas for improvement in applying the CO-production of knowledge approach through a published case study.5) bring together and support IK holders in assessments. Honorariums as appropriate.beneficiaries of this agreement include arctic indigenous peoples, scientific community, local park community members and people who partake in the outreach materials resultant from this agreement.