Development of eco-restoration practices through a co-production process on Indigenous traditional territories in boreal Saskatchewan

了解如何在人为干扰后促进健康的恢复生态系统，对恢复从业者和土著社区具有既得利益。通过共同努力，我们的目标是通过合作生产过程在土著领土上制定有效的生态恢复做法。和解需要采用新的自然科学方法，需要严格应用土著知识和西方科学来支持决策。通过知识联合生产，我们的目标是解决知识差距并改进修复实践。具体而言，我们建议通过进一步了解受干扰旱地北方针叶林恢复早期土壤养分输入来开发特定地点的恢复技术。我们的合作伙伴还将受益于有效和文化上可接受的修复技术的发展、长期的经济机会和能力的提高、与文化相关的科学教育以及改善的产业-社区关系。

Restoration practitioners and Indigenous communities have a vested interest in understanding how to promote healthy resilience ecosystems following anthropogenic disturbance. Working together our goal is to develop effective eco-restoration practices on Indigenous territories through a co-production process. Reconciliation requires new ways of conducting natural science and the rigorous application of both Indigenous knowledge and Western science is needed to support decision making. Through knowledge co-production we aim to address knowledge gaps and improve restoration practices. Specifically, we propose to develop site-specific restoration techniques through furthering our understanding of the recovery early-stage soil nutrient inputs in disturbed upland boreal forests. Our partners will also benefit from the development of effective and culturally acceptable restoration techniques, long-term economic opportunities and capacity enhancement, culturally relevant scientific education, and improved industry-community relations.