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Western science, indigenous, and local knowledge are valued and used but are outweighed by political considerations in decisions concerning wildlife.

Published online: 28 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Kadykalo, A. N. & Cooke, S. J. & Young, N.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes an assessment how decision-makers and other potential knowledge users (1) perceive, evaluate, and use western-based scientific, i...

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Cultivating reciprocity and supporting indigenous lifeways through the cultural transformation of natural resource management in North America.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Fisk, J. J. & Berl, R. E. W. & Long, J. & Jacobs, L. & Eeden, L. van & Adams, M. M. & Fernández-Llamazares, Á. & Murphy, J. & Gavin, M. & Williams, C. K. & Salerno, J. & Verschuuren, B. & Bennett, N. & Idohou, R. & Mawyer, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Recent decades have seen increasing calls for implementing Indigenous Knowledges (IK) in natural resource management (NRM). However, efforts have been...

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Special Feature: Informing decision-making with indigenous and local knowledge and science.

Published online: 21 Oct 2021

Content type: Journal issue

This special section, which contains 5 papers, highlights some of the many benefits which can occur when research and decision-making are informed by ...

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Well grounded: indigenous peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Turner, N. J. & Cuerrier, A. & Joseph, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biological knowledge and associated values and beliefs of Indigenous and other long-resident Peoples are often overlooked and underrepresented in ...

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Indigenous knowledge-bridging to support ecological stewardship in Canada and Tanzania.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Bell, E. & Tremblay, C. & Carodenuto, S. & Downie, B. & Dearden, P. & Kileli, E. O. & McDougall, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Indigenous peoples worldwide assert their cultural and political governance through ecological stewardship and traditional land use. With the rapid de...

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The role of western-based scientific, indigenous and local knowledge in wildlife management and conservation.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Kadykalo, A. N. & Cooke, S. J. & Young, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managers of wildlife are faced with decisions and issues that are increasingly complex, spanning natural and human dimensions (i.e. values, preference...

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Approaches and methods used to bring together indigenous and environmental science knowledge in environmental research: a systematic map protocol.

Published online: 11 Jul 2024

Authors: Pirie, E. & Whillans, T. & Knopp, J. & Furgal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The bringing together of multiple knowledge sources, such as Indigenous knowledge (IK) and Environmental science Knowledge (ESK), is a topic of consid...

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Setting a foundation for indigenous knowledge systems-guided boreal caribou (todzı) conservation planning in the western boreal region of Canada: a systematic map protocol.

Published online: 16 May 2023

Authors: Saturno, J. & Boeckner, M. & Haché, S. & Hodson, J. & McAuley, E. & McIntire, E. & Micheletti, T. & Polfus, J. & Sliwa, S. & Teed, T. & Westwood, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In recent years, researchers have increasingly recognized the need to bridge Western and Indigenous knowledge systems to strengthen research in wildli...

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Integrating indigenous and scientific perspectives on environmental changes: insights from boreal landscapes.

Published online: 05 Jan 2023

Authors: Bélisle, A. C. & Gauthier, S. & Asselin, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Major environmental changes affect the health and capacity of ecosystems to sustain Indigenous people's well-being in boreal landscapes. Collaboration...

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Gugwilx'ya'ansk and goats: indigenous perspectives on governance, stewardship and relationality in mountain goat (mati) hunting in Gitga'at territory.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Greening, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Indigenous peoples' deep time relationships with ecosystems hold valuable lessons on how humans can relate to, and be stewards in, the natural world. ...

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