Cultivar diversity and management as traditional environmental knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-57
Author(s):  
Roy Ellen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Cultivar Diversity

Traditional land use and occupancy studies and their impact on forest planning and management in Alberta

1997 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 596-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Robinson ◽  
M. M. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Traditional Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Forest Planning And Management ◽  
Traditional Land Use

Canada is an international leader in the methodology of traditional land use and occupancy mapping as a result of the negotiation process for settling comprehensive land claims in the North. Since the early 1980s this methodology has found increasing application in the Canadian mid-North, especially in the context of forest planning and management in the northern Alberta Forest Management Agreement (FMA) areas. The goals of traditional land use and occupancy mapping in these FMAs include collection and preservation of traditional environmental knowledge, integration of this knowledge into forest planning and management and, for the Aboriginal communities, active participation in decision-making processes in order to attain sustainable forest management. While the first goal is often met in mapping projects, goals two and three are proving harder to achieve because of conflicting government policy agendas, differing paradigms of community development in society at large, and the lack of recognition and legal protection for Treaty and Aboriginal rights. Key words: traditional land use and occupancy studies, traditional environmental knowledge, bush economy, co-management

Ñande reko: the fundamentals of Guaraní traditional environmental knowledge in southern Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Silva Noelli ◽  
Giovana Cadorin Votre ◽  
Marcos César Pereira Santos ◽  
Diego Dias Pavei ◽  
Juliano Bitencourt Campos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Traditional Environmental Knowledge

The NOAA Fisheries Alaska Native Traditional Environmental Knowledge Database

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Heather Lazrus ◽  
Jennifer Sepez
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Require Time ◽  
Traditional Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Database ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Interested User

Anthropologists working in natural resource management agencies have particularly important and interesting roles to play in raising awareness of long-standing relationships between local communities and natural resources, and in promoting means of reflecting this relationship while avoiding potentially harmful outcomes of careless incorporation of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) in resource management. While there are many different approaches to initiating TEK awareness and incorporation at agencies, one obvious place to start is by compiling existing resources and making them available to scientists and managers in an accessible format. Projects that accomplish this might include an annotated bibliography, a library, or a TEK database, along with guides that assist the unfamiliar but interested user in finding and interpreting relevant materials. Databases or other types of compilations formed from existing materials do not require time-consuming and expensive original research. They can be put together relatively quickly and with limited resources, hopefully demonstrating the value of TEK to the agency and engendering both interest and funding for larger projects that include original research and collaborative work. However, as this paper examines, such a database can be as much of a stumbling block to genuine incorporation of TEK within an agency as a stepping stone to a larger TEK program.

Communicating traditional environmental knowledge: addressing the diversity of knowledge, audiences and media types

Polar Record ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Bonny ◽  
Fikret Berkes
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Cd Rom ◽  
Traditional Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Media Type ◽  
Communication Modes ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Types

ABSTRACTAlthough there are a number of distinct audiences (for example students, hunter and trapper organisations, and co-management agencies) for traditional environmental knowledge, little work has been done in analysing how indigenous knowledge can be best communicated to these different groups. Using examples mainly from northern Canada and Alaska, we explore the challenge of collecting and communicating different kinds of traditional environmental knowledge; the media types or communication modes that can be used; and the appropriateness of these kinds of media for communicating with different audiences. A range of communication options is available, including direct interaction with knowledge holders, use of print media, maps, DVD/video, audio, CD ROM, and websites. These options permit a mix-and-match to find the best fit between kinds of knowledge, the intended audience, and the media type used. This paper does not propose to replace traditional methods of communication with technology. Rather, we examine how technology can serve community and other needs. No single option emerges as a clear best choice for communicating indigenous knowledge. Nevertheless, various media types offer avenues through which northern people can meet their educational, cultural, and political needs, and build cross-cultural understanding.

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