Genomic diversity of rat root (Acorus calamus)

土著人对植物多样性的知识是以世代积累的经验为基础的，在某些情况下，土著人认识到某些植物群体的自然变异程度比科学所认识的要大。然而，在评估、管理和保护生物多样性时很少考虑土著植物知识。在加拿大，接受联邦审查的发展项目必须考虑到传统土地、文化和知识，但关于如何这样做的规定一般都很宽泛，过于灵活。此外，关于如何在填海规划中考虑传统知识的规定很少，如果有的话。因此，第一民族和梅蒂斯人以及代表他们的团体努力使他们的知识在土地使用规划中得到体现。整体生态集团（IEG）是一家咨询公司，长期以来一直是北方阿尔伯塔麦凯堡第一民族的技术代表，与监管机构就麦凯堡传统领土的发展进行谈判。本研究的目的是与IEG合作，在传统和科学知识的背景下探索大鼠根（菖蒲）的变异。老鼠根是加拿大许多原住民社区的传统医学和文化关键物种，科学界认为它是一个单一的物种。然而，堡垒的成员

Aboriginal knowledge of plant diversity is based on generations of accumulated experience, and in some cases, aboriginal people recognize a greater level of natural variation within certain plant groups than is discerned by science. However, aboriginal plant knowledge is rarely considered when assessing, managing and conserving biodiversity. In Canada, development projects undergoing federal review are required to consider traditional lands, cultures and knowledge, but the regulations on how to do so are generally broad and overly flexible. Moreover, there are few, if any, stipulations on how consider traditional knowledge in reclamation planning. As a result, First Nations and Métis people, and the groups representing them, struggle to have their knowledge represented in land use planning. Integral Ecology Group (IEG) is a consulting company that has been a long-standing technical representative for the Fort McKay First Nation in northern Alberta in negotiations with regulators concerning development in Fort McKay's Traditional Territory. The aim of this research is to partner with IEG to explore variation of rat root (Acorus calamus) in the context of traditional and scientific knowledge. Rat root is a traditional medicine and cultural keystone species of many First Nations communities in Canada, and it is recognized by the scientific community as a single species. However, members of the Fort