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

VIDEO: Session 3: Consent and Culture: Indigenous Lands and Traditional Knowledge

VIDEO: 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. SESSION 3: Consent and Culture: Indigenous Lands and Traditional Knowledge Moderator: Kristen Carpenter, University of Colorado Law School Speakers: Susan Anthony, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Preston Hardison, Tulalip Tribes Angela Riley, UCLA Law Schoo

Esri-NEON Tribal Lands Collaboratory: An ODE to Phenology

Response of Tribal nations and Tribal communities to current and emerging climate change challenges requires active participation of stakeholders who have effective access to relevant data, information and analytical tools. The Tribal Lands Collaboratory (TLC), inspired by ESIP's Earth Science Collaboratory and currently under conceptual development, is a joint effort between the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). The vision of the TLC is to create an integrative platform that enables coordination between multiple stakeholders (e.g. Tribal resource managers, Tribal College faculty and students, farmers, ranchers, and other local community members) to collaborate on locally relevant climate change issues. The TLC is intended to facilitate the transformation of data into actionable information that can inform local climate response planning. The TLC will provide the technical mechanisms to access, collect and analyze data from both internal and external sources while also providing the social scaffolds to enable collaboration across Tribal communities and with members of the national climate change research community. The prototype project focuses on phenology, a branch of science focused on relationships between climate and the seasonal timing of biological phenomena. Monitoring changes in the timing and duration of phenological stages in plant and animal co­­­­mmunities on Tribal lands can provide insight to the direct impacts of climate change on culturally and economically significant Tribal resources. The project will leverage existing phenological observation protocols created by the USA-National Phenology Network and NEON to direct data collection efforts and will be tailored to the specific needs and concerns of the community. Phenology observations will be captured and managed within the Collaboratory environment where these data may then be correlated with regional climate data to investigate interactions between large-scale environmental changes and local impacts. Esri’s Story Maps is a candidate mechanism for sharing of those findings among Tribal stakeholders

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