[PCA] Traditional practices and beliefs in landscape management - examples in the US?

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Hello All,

Sharing this article from Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) about applying traditional knowledge to landscape-scale land management and restoration. This article is focused on Indonesia but I know that similar work are underway in the U.S.

Please post to the list, any information you have on U.S.-based efforts.

CIFOR FEATURE - Traditional practices and beliefs in landscape management
_________________
Indigenous Peoples have been practicing landscape governance using their traditional knowledge and customary rules for generations. Their traditional and local beliefs, taboos, norms and knowledge also play a critical role in conserving local biodiversity and landscapes.

As knowledge was generated and adapted over time to secure livelihoods, many systems became naturally aligned with the principles of sustainable landscape management and conservation developed by modern science. Indigenous Peoples also have traditional conflict management approaches where customary leaders play the key roles in developing resolution mechanisms.

Researchers are now considering whether these might be applied more widely to manage landscape more sustainably and to reconcile conservation and development objectives.

Start Exploring:
https://mailchi.mp/cgiar.org/traditional-practices-and-beliefs-in-landscape-management?e=1593dab772

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/native-plants_lists.plantconservation.org/attachments/20200720/0ce11aaa/attachment.html>