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The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum

Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is gaining prominence among ecologists because it can help inform ecosystem management. Yet, sometimes TEK is maintained not because of positive values about the environment, but because of poverty and a lack of options. We discuss this conundrum and present hypotheses for future research.
Tibor Hartel, Joern Fischer, Girma Shumi   +2 more
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Could non-humans have Traditional Ecological Knowledge? And if so, what should we do about it? [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) has historically been understood as uniquely human. However, emerging evidence from elephants, cetaceans, chimpanzees and other intelligent species suggests that some animal communities maintain and transmit ...
Elodie Freymann, Fabien Schultz, Daniel Redfearn   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Reinterpreting change in traditional ecological knowledge. [PDF]

Hum Ecol Interdiscip J, 2013
Much of the previous research on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (herefater TEK) has centred in 1) documenting fading knowledge (eg. Ferguson and Messier 1997; Pieroni et al. 2004), 2) understanding the parallel decrease of biological and cultural diversity (Maffi 2005; Harmon and Loh 2010), and 3) assessing the processes and drivers of change that ...
Gómez-Baggethun E, Reyes-García V.
europepmc   +7 more sources

Evaluating indices of traditional ecological knowledge: a methodological contribution [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2006
Background New quantitative methods to collect and analyze data have produced novel findings in ethnobiology. A common application of quantitative methods in ethnobiology is to assess the traditional ecological knowledge of individuals.
Huanca Tomás, McDade Thomas, Tanner Susan, Vadez Vincent, Reyes-García Victoria, Leonard William R   +5 more
doaj   +7 more sources

Traditional ecological knowledge for great ape conservation in Gabon [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) held by Indigenous communities is increasingly recognised as a cost effective, locally adapted complement to instrument-based wildlife monitoring.
Mohamed H. Mohamed-Djawad, Neil M. Longo-Pendy, Serge Ely Dibakou, Costanza Puppo, Jean Nzue-Nguema, Désiré Otsaghe-Ekore, Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi, Cyr Moussadji-Kinga, Alain P. Kouga, Barthelemy Ngoubangoye, Pape Ibnou Ndiaye, Larson Boundenga   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Traditional Ecological Knowledge versus Ecological Wisdom: Are They Dissimilar in Cultural Landscape Research?

Land, 2022
Research into traditional ecological knowledge has become a reference in environmental management. This is followed by ecological wisdom that has emerged and has become a new discourse in landscape planning and design.
Rosyi Damayanti T. Manningtyas, Katsunori Furuya   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Changes in traditional ecological knowledge of forage plants in immigrant villages of Ningxia, China [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019
Background Ecological migration serves as an important measure for poverty eradication as well as for the protection, inheritance, and utilization of traditional ecological knowledge.
Ying Ma, Binsheng Luo, Qiang Zhu, Dongxing Ma, Qi Wen, Jinchao Feng, Dayuan Xue   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An empirical comparison of knowledge and skill in the context of traditional ecological knowledge. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2013
AbstractBackgroundWe test whether traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) about how to make an item predicts a person’s skill at making it among the Tsimane’ (Bolivia). The rationale for this research is that the failure to distinguish between knowledge and skill might account for some of the conflicting results about the relationships between TEK ...
Kightley EP, Reyes-García V, Demps K, Magtanong RV, Ramenzoni VC, Thampy G, Gueze M, Stepp JR.   +7 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Traditional Ecological knowledge

Northern Plains Ethics Journal, 2022
Historical and on-going socioeconomic disparities have largely displaced and harmed Indigenous communities. Generations of archaeological studies have ignored, underplayed, or whitewashed Indigenous peoples’ traditional and technological knowledge — from architectural feats to ecological knowledge.
Casi Corinna, Guttorm Hanna, Virtanen Pirjo Kristiina, Casi Corinna   +3 more
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge [PDF]

, 2021
This chapter argues that the concept of Traditional Ecological Knowlegde means more than the accumulated environmental knowledge and comprehension of natural phenomena. Rather, it is constituted by a set of evolving beliefs and practices that understands its own dynamic relationship with other beings in the environment.
Corinna Casi, Hanna Ellen Guttorm, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources