Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Science: a Question of Scale

• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Inuit; protected area; scale; Chen caerulescens atlantica; traditional ecological knowledge; Vulpes lagopus; Alopex lagopus; local ecological knowledge; scientific knowledge; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Pond Inlet; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; inuit; Tundra; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art19/

The benefits and challenges of integrating traditional ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge have led to extensive discussions over the past decades, but much work is still needed to facilitate the articulation and co-application of these two types of knowledge. Through two case studies, we...