Sibyl Diver
About Sibyl Diver
I am an interdisciplinary environmental scientist studying issues of natural resource governance with Indigenous peoples—primarily in Pacific Northwest salmon watersheds, and also in Canada, Alaska, and the Russian Far East. My research includes analysis of collaborative management arrangements between Indigenous communities and state agencies, Indigenous water governance, and follows a community-engaged scholarship approach. My work identifies pathways towards more equitable partnerships with Indigenous communities, in both resource management and knowledge production. By examining natural resource conflict at the intersection of environmental sustainability and social equity, I seek to understand how environmental governance frameworks can better engage and serve communities who are most impacted by environmental harms, including increasing harms resulting from global change. I currently teach environmental justice and environmental governance at Stanford University. I initially began working on these issues in 2000 as a Russian translator, facilitating international exchanges for Indigenous community leaders on land rights and Indigenous resource management. My interests include coupled social and ecological systems, environmental governance, Indigenous land management, restoration ecology, community-based natural resource management, Indigenous mapping, participatory research, and political ecology. For additional information, please see my website www.sibyldiver.com Specialties: Coalition building Community-based fisheries Environmental and social concerns around oil & gas development/mining Russian language