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Kobluk HM, Salomon AK, Ford AT, Kadykalo AN, Hessami MA, Labranche PA, Richter C, Palen WJ, Happynook ḤT, Humphries MM, Bennett EM. Relational place-based solutions for environmental policy misalignments. Trends Ecol Evol 2024; 39:217-220. [PMID: 38278702 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Current reductionist approaches to environmental governance cannot resolve social-ecological crises. Siloed institutions fail to address linked social and ecological processes, thereby neglecting issues of equity, justice, and cumulative effects. Global insights can be gained from Indigenous-led initiatives that support the resilience of relationships within and among places.
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- Hannah M Kobluk
- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Huu-ay-aht First Nations, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada; Centre for Indigenous Nutrition and Environment, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada; Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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Molnár Z, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Babai D, Díaz S, Garnett ST, Hill R, Bates P, Brondízio ES, Cariño J, Demeter L, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Guèze M, McElwee P, Öllerer K, Purvis A, Reyes-García V, Samakov A, Singh RK. Towards richer knowledge partnerships between ecology and ethnoecology. Trends Ecol Evol 2024; 39:109-115. [PMID: 37981565 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Indigenous and traditional practices based on ethnoecological knowledge are fundamental to biodiversity stewardship and sustainable use. Knowledge partnerships between Indigenous Peoples, traditional local communities, and ecologists can produce richer and fairer understandings of nature. We identify key topical areas where such collaborations can positively transform science, policy, and practice.
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- Zsolt Molnár
- Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Hungary.
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- Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), CNRS, University of Montpellier, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Ethnology, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary
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- Consejo Nacional de investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Córdoba, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Local and Indigenous Knowledge System (LINKS), Division for Science Policy and Capacity Building, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO, Paris, France
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- Department of Anthropology, and Center for the Analysis of Social Ecological Landscapes (CASEL), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA; Environment and Society Program (NEPAM), University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Forest Peoples Programme, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK
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- Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology (BABVE) & Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- UNESCO Man and the Biosphere, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO, Paris, France
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- Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK
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- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India / Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
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Badry NA, MacMillan GA, Stern ER, Landry-Cuerrier M, Hickey GM, Humphries MM. Boundary Spanning Methodological Approaches for Collaborative Moose Governance in Eeyou Istchee. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023:10.1007/s00267-023-01918-6. [PMID: 38145447 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-023-01918-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Natural resource governance challenges are often highly complex, particularly in Indigenous contexts. These challenges involve numerous landscape-level interactions, spanning jurisdictional, disciplinary, social, and ecological boundaries. In Eeyou Istchee, the James Bay Cree Territory of northern Quebec, Canada, traditional livelihoods depend on wild food species like moose. However, these species are increasingly being impacted by forestry and other resource development projects. The complex relationships between moose, resource development, and Cree livelihoods can limit shared understandings and the ability of diverse actors to respond to these pressures. Contributing to this complexity are the different knowledge systems held by governance actors who, while not always aligned, have broadly shared species conservation and sustainable development goals. This paper presents fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) as a methodological approach used to help elicit and interpret the knowledge of land-users concerning the impacts of forest management on moose habitat in Eeyou Istchee. We explore the difficulties of weaving this knowledge together with the results of moose GPS collar analysis and the knowledges of scientists and government agencies. The ways in which participatory, relational mapping approaches can be applied in practice, and what they offer to pluralistic natural resource governance research more widely, are then addressed.
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- Nathan A Badry
- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Tekwa E, Gonzalez A, Zurell D, O'Connor M. Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20220181. [PMID: 37246389 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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This issue addresses the multifaceted problems of understanding biodiversity change to meet emerging international development and conservation goals, national economic accounting and diverse community needs. Recent international agreements highlight the need to establish monitoring and assessment programmes at national and regional levels. We identify an opportunity for the research community to develop the methods for robust detection and attribution of biodiversity change that will contribute to national assessments and guide conservation action. The 16 contributions of this issue address six major aspects of biodiversity assessment: connecting policy to science, establishing observation, improving statistical estimation, detecting change, attributing causes and projecting the future. These studies are led by experts in Indigenous studies, economics, ecology, conservation, statistics, and computer science, with representations from Asia, Africa, South America, North America and Europe. The results place biodiversity science in the context of policy needs and provide an updated roadmap for how to observe biodiversity change in a way that supports conservation action via robust detection and attribution science. This article is part of the theme issue 'Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions'.
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- Eden Tekwa
- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1
- Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, British Columbia, Canada V0P 1H0
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
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