Working with Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people

Working with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is vital for inclusive assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people. Indigenous peoples' concepts about what constitutes sustainability, for example, differ markedly from dominant sustainability discourses. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) is promoting dialogue across different knowledge systems globally. In 2017, member states of IPBES adopted an ILK Approach including: procedures for assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people; a participatory mechanism; and institutional arrangements for including indigenous peoples and local communities. We present this Approach and analyse how it supports ILK in IPBES assessments through: respecting rights; supporting care and mutuality; strengthening communities and their knowledge systems; and supporting knowledge exchange. Customary institutions that ensure the integrity of ILK, effective empowering dialogues, and shared governance are among critical capacities that enable inclusion of diverse conceptualizations of sustainability in assessments

Indigenous Peoples' Right to Free, Prior, Informed Consent: Reflections on Concepts and Practice

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Locally Based, Regionally Manifested, and Globally Relevant : Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Values, and Practices for Nature

The knowledge, values, and practices of Indigenous peoples and local communities offer ways to understand and better address social-environmental problems. The article reviews the state of the literature on this topic by focusing on six pathways by which Indigenous peoples and local communities engage with management of and relationships to nature. These are (a) undertaking territorial management practices and customary governance, (b) contributing to nature conservation and restoration efforts with regional to global implications, (c) co-constructing knowledge for assessments and monitoring, (d) countering the drivers of unsustainable resource use and resisting environmental injustices, (e) playing key roles in environmental governance across scales, and (f) offering alternative conceptualizations of the interrelations between people and nature. The review shows that through these pathways Indigenous peoples and local communities are making significant contributions to managing the health of local and regional ecosystems, to producing knowledge based in diverse values of nature, confronting societal pressures and environmental burdens, and leading and partnering in environmental governance. These contributions have local to global implications but have yet to be fully recognized in conservation and development polices, and by society at large.Peer reviewe

Working with indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people

International audienceWorking with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is vital for inclusive assessments ofnature and nature’s linkages. Indigenous peoples’ concepts about what constitutessustainability, for example, differ markedly from dominant sustainability discourses.The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) ispromoting dialogue across different knowledge systems globally. In 2017, memberstates of IPBES adopted an ILK Approach including: procedures for assessments ofnature and nature’s linkages with people; a participatory mechanism; and institutionalarrangements for including indigenous peoples and local communities. We present thisApproach and analyse how it supports ILK in IPBES assessments through: respectingrights; supporting care and mutuality; strengthening communities and their knowledgesystems; and supporting knowledge exchange. Customary institutions that ensure theintegrity of ILK, effective empowering dialogues, and shared governance are amongcritical capacities that enable inclusion of diverse conceptualization of sustainability inassessments

Working with indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people

International audienceWorking with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is vital for inclusive assessments ofnature and nature’s linkages. Indigenous peoples’ concepts about what constitutessustainability, for example, differ markedly from dominant sustainability discourses.The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) ispromoting dialogue across different knowledge systems globally. In 2017, memberstates of IPBES adopted an ILK Approach including: procedures for assessments ofnature and nature’s linkages with people; a participatory mechanism; and institutionalarrangements for including indigenous peoples and local communities. We present thisApproach and analyse how it supports ILK in IPBES assessments through: respectingrights; supporting care and mutuality; strengthening communities and their knowledgesystems; and supporting knowledge exchange. Customary institutions that ensure theintegrity of ILK, effective empowering dialogues, and shared governance are amongcritical capacities that enable inclusion of diverse conceptualization of sustainability inassessments