Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps
Continuity of coastal Indigenous cultures relies on healthy ecosystems and opportunity to fulfill cultural practices. Owing to resource stewardship practice over millennia, Indigenous nations possess Indigenous knowledge that positions them as leaders in contemporary resource management. However, In...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:15da6b8302e943dcb53ea0cb6204d372 2023-05-15T16:15:36+02:00 Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps Lauren E. Eckert Natalie C. Ban Snxakila-Clyde Tallio Nancy Turner 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10417-230423 https://doaj.org/article/15da6b8302e943dcb53ea0cb6204d372 EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art23/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-10417-230423 https://doaj.org/article/15da6b8302e943dcb53ea0cb6204d372 Ecology and Society, Vol 23, Iss 4, p 23 (2018) fisheries Indigenous knowledge marine conservation social-ecological trap traditional ecological knowledge yelloweye rockfish Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10417-230423 2022-12-31T07:53:33Z Continuity of coastal Indigenous cultures relies on healthy ecosystems and opportunity to fulfill cultural practices. Owing to resource stewardship practice over millennia, Indigenous nations possess Indigenous knowledge that positions them as leaders in contemporary resource management. However, Indigenous peoples possibly face social-ecological traps, situations in which feedbacks between social and ecological systems result in an undesirable state, that are challenging to overcome. Centuries of compounding colonization and environmental degradation have negatively impacted Indigenous knowledge and culturally mediated stewardship practices. Our partnership, comprising academics and four First Nations on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, mobilized information from semistructured interviews with knowledge holders to explore Indigenous knowledge of a culturally important but vulnerable species, yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus). We analyzed interviews and discovered evidence of an extant but transcendable social-ecological trap. The emergent themes represent an exploration beyond our original project goals and research questions. Our study revealed that external forces of colonization, i.e., via forced assimilation, and species declines created a social-ecological trap. However, participants ubiquitously described stewardship principles, and noted ongoing cultural revitalization efforts, active recovery of depleted species, and reassertion of Indigenous management rights as ways they are rebelling against, and overcoming, the trap. Although the framing of a social-ecological trap may be perceived as diminishing the authority of Indigenous governance systems, we found the opposite to be true. Despite external pressures, coastal First Nations are reasserting cultural and management rights and shaping their futures. We suggest that ongoing Indigenous cultural renewal and ecosystem recovery in the face of the historically entrenched trap be supported through recognizing and implementing inherent ... Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Ecology and Society 23 4 |
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Continuity of coastal Indigenous cultures relies on healthy ecosystems and opportunity to fulfill cultural practices. Owing to resource stewardship practice over millennia, Indigenous nations possess Indigenous knowledge that positions them as leaders in contemporary resource management. However, Indigenous peoples possibly face social-ecological traps, situations in which feedbacks between social and ecological systems result in an undesirable state, that are challenging to overcome. Centuries of compounding colonization and environmental degradation have negatively impacted Indigenous knowledge and culturally mediated stewardship practices. Our partnership, comprising academics and four First Nations on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, mobilized information from semistructured interviews with knowledge holders to explore Indigenous knowledge of a culturally important but vulnerable species, yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus). We analyzed interviews and discovered evidence of an extant but transcendable social-ecological trap. The emergent themes represent an exploration beyond our original project goals and research questions. Our study revealed that external forces of colonization, i.e., via forced assimilation, and species declines created a social-ecological trap. However, participants ubiquitously described stewardship principles, and noted ongoing cultural revitalization efforts, active recovery of depleted species, and reassertion of Indigenous management rights as ways they are rebelling against, and overcoming, the trap. Although the framing of a social-ecological trap may be perceived as diminishing the authority of Indigenous governance systems, we found the opposite to be true. Despite external pressures, coastal First Nations are reasserting cultural and management rights and shaping their futures. We suggest that ongoing Indigenous cultural renewal and ecosystem recovery in the face of the historically entrenched trap be supported through recognizing and implementing inherent ... |
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Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps |
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Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps |
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Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps |
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Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps |
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Linking marine conservation and Indigenous cultural revitalization: First Nations free themselves from externally imposed social-ecological traps |
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