Storing and sharing: A review of indigenous and local knowledge conservation initiatives

Despite its relative adaptive capacity and its many values, indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is rapidly eroding. Over the past decades a myriad of efforts have emerged to prevent this erosion. In this work, we reviewed and systematically coded 138 ILK conservation initiatives published in academ...

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Published in:Ambio 2020-01, Vol.49 (1), p.218-230
Main Authors: Benyei, Petra, Arreola, Guadalupe, Reyes-García, Victoria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric Sciences
Conservation
Conservation of Natural Resources
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Environment
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental Management
Information sharing
Knowledge
Legislation
Native peoples
Physical Geography
R&D
Research & development
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Scientific papers
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Summary:Despite its relative adaptive capacity and its many values, indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is rapidly eroding. Over the past decades a myriad of efforts have emerged to prevent this erosion. In this work, we reviewed and systematically coded 138 ILK conservation initiatives published in academic papers in order to explore trends in participation, digitalization, timing, location, and approach of the initiatives. We also explored factors influencing initiative inclusiveness. Our findings reveal that ILK holders are generally absent from most phases of the studied initiatives, although IT-based and in situ initiatives (i.e., education and community based conservation) appear as the exceptions. We also found that ex situ initiatives (i.e., research/documentation and policy/legislation efforts) are predominant, despite the challenges they reportedly face. These findings call for re-formulating the ways in which ex situ ILK conservation is done and for supporting in situ and IT based initiatives, as they offer the potential to lead the participatory turn.
ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209
DOI:10.1007/s13280-019-01153-6