Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments
Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments
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DOI：
10.1038/s41893-019-0324-0
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发表时间：
2019-08-01
影响因子：
27.6
通讯作者：
Dennehy, Zoe
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作者：
Camara-Leret, Rodrigo;Dennehy, Zoe
在科学评估和可持续性政策决策中，越来越多地倡导需要了解自然对人类以及对各种文化和生态系统的贡献。然而，对于食品和药品等服务，现有关于土著和地方知识的研究存在空白，可能无法进行包容性评估。在这里，使用一个大型数据库的土著和当地知识的植物服务，为新几内亚，我们表明，有生物和文化的文件差距，将排除许多植物服务和土著群体的评估是完全基于发表的研究。此外，我们揭示，像“稀有”的物种组合的共同属性，大多数植物服务表现出高稀有性。在其他地区，差距和稀缺性可能普遍存在，并将影响到如何对工厂服务进行概念化、评估和可持续管理。
The need to understand nature's contributions to people and across a broad spectrum of cultures and ecosystems is increasingly advocated in science assessments and policy decision-making for sustainability. However, for services such as food and medicine, gaps in existing studies on indigenous and local knowledge may preclude inclusive assessments. Here, using a large database of indigenous and local knowledge about plant services for New Guinea, we show that there are biological and cultural documentation gaps that will exclude many plant services and indigenous groups from assessments that are based solely on published research. Further, we unveil that, like the common property of 'rarity' in species assemblages, most plant services exhibit high rarity. Gaps and rarity are probably pervasive in other regions and will affect how plant services are conceptualized, assessed and sustainably managed.