Increasingly, fisheries researchers and managers seek or are compelled to “bridge”
Indigenous knowledge systems with Western scientific approaches to understanding and …

Human activities and development have contributed to declines in biodiversity across the
globe. Understanding and addressing biodiversity loss will require the mobilization of …

Abstract The Rio Earth Summit 1992 produced a monumental document, Agenda 21 and 27
PRINCIPLES, where PRINCIPLE 17 describes the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) …

This contribution addresses key issues around the application of Indigenous knowledge in
contexts where such knowledge is neither generated nor held (academy, industry …

Impact assessment faces a number of key challenges. One area singled out as needing
attention is community-based impact assessment. Impact assessment related to Indigenous …

For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples governed their relations in the Great Lakes
region, guided by distinct political, legal, governance, and knowledge systems. Despite …

Abstract The relationship between Indigenous, Local, and Science knowledge systems has
been the subject of much debate over the past few decades, especially in ecology and …

Culture and tradition have long been the domains of social science, particularly
social/cultural anthropology and various forms of heritage studies. However, many …

Mutually respectful and reciprocal relationships between people and their environment is a
central tenet of many Indigenous worldviews. Across the Americas, this relational connection …

Climate change disproportionately affects Indigenous Peoples because of strong
connections between environmental, cultural, and spiritual well-being. While much of the …