Linking Indigenous peoples' knowledge and Western science in natural resource management: A dialogue

• Main Authors: Michel, Henry, Gayton, Don
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing Press 2003
• Subjects: first nations knowledge; ecology; extension; indigenous peoples; western science; philosophy; forest; natural resource management; collaboration; education; communication; understanding; dialogue; tradition; Henry Michel; Don Gayton; First Nations
• Online Access: http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/226

First Nations knowledge keeper Henry Michel and ecologist Don Gayton, both extension specialists with FORREX�Forest Research Extension Partnership, engage in an extended dialogue on the prospects of linking Indigenous peoples� knowledge and Western science. Along the way, they discuss the philosophy surrounding each world view, and some practical guidelines for linking the two knowledge systems� something seen by Michel and Gayton as crucial to the future of forest and natural resource management in British Columbia.