Putting indigenous conservation policy into practice delivers biodiversity and cultural benefits
Putting indigenous conservation policy into practice delivers biodiversity and cultural benefits
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DOI：
10.1007/s10531-016-1207-6
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Pirzl, Rebecca
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作者：
Ens, Emilie;Scott, Mitchell. L.;Pirzl, Rebecca
在全球物种丧失的过程中，土著语言和文化也在经历类似的衰退。目前的国际政策和计划提倡当地和土著人民参与维持生物多样性和文化，但预期的好处并不总是实现或评估。本文借鉴了当前国际和澳大利亚政策的三个目标，探讨土著护林员和大学生态学家在偏远的北方澳大利亚的跨文化生物多样性合作项目的生物和文化效益。促进从国际到国家范围的生物和文化保护相结合的政策有以下共同目标：（1）让土著人民参与生物多样性保护;（2）保持和发展土著知识和文化;（3）承认和促进土著自然和文化资源管理及传统知识。本文反映了在这些目标的背景下，项目的好处，为未来的政策和计划的发展提供信息的目的。跨文化项目的生物多样性效益包括一个相对鲜为人知但物种丰富的地区的新公共记录，这些记录被用于为当地土著土地管理提供信息，以及探索该地区遗传多样性和进化历史的标本和组织样本。文化方面的好处包括编制一份包含10种不同语言的当地实地指南，并让年轻人参与促进受威胁传统知识的代际转移。促进地方论坛到国家论坛的工作涉及第三个目标，并加强了土著人的参与。我们证明，自上而下的政策指令可以实施，以提供科学和土著社区的互利。
In the midst of global species loss, Indigenous languages and culture are experiencing similar declines. Current international policies and programs advocate the involvement of local and Indigenous people in sustaining biodiversity and culture, but the anticipated benefits are not always realized or assessed. This paper draws on three objectives of current international and Australian policy to explore the biological and cultural benefits of a collaborative cross-cultural biodiversity project of Indigenous rangers and university ecologists in remote northern Australia. Policies promoting blends of biological and cultural conservation from International to national scale share the following objectives: (1) involve Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation; (2) maintain and develop Indigenous knowledge and culture; and (3) recognize and promote Indigenous natural and cultural resource management and traditional knowledge. This paper reflects on the project benefits in the context of these objectives, with the aim of informing future policy and program development. Biodiversity benefits of the cross-cultural project included new public records for a relatively poorly known but species rich area that are being used to inform local Indigenous land management, as well as specimens and tissue samples with which to explore the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the region. Cultural benefits included compiling a local field guide that contains ten different languages and engaging young people to facilitate intergenerational transfer of threatened traditional knowledge. Promotion of the work at local to national fora addressed the third objective and enhanced Indigenous involvement. We demonstrate that top-down policy directives can be implemented to deliver on-ground mutual benefits for science and Indigenous communities.