There has been increasing attention to and investment in local environmental stewardship in
conservation and environmental management policies and programs globally. Yet …

The First Nations of Canada have been active over the past three decades in negotiating
natural resources co-management arrangements that would give them greater involvement …

Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples
around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

There are two broadly conceptualized ways in which conservation knowledge may evolve:
the depletion crisis model and the ecological understanding model. The first one argues that …

The social networks is one factor determining the flow of information within communities and
as such may be important in determining successful implementation of community based …

Local and traditional ecological knowledge (LTK) is increasingly recognized as an important
component of scientific research, conservation, and resource management. Especially …

Debate around the ecologically noble savage represents two markedly different research
threads. The first addresses the issue of conservation among native peoples and narrowly …

Involving Indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge into natural resource management
produces more equitable and successful outcomes. Unfortunately, argue Anne Ross and co …

Environments are complex socioecological systems demanding interdisciplinary research
and conservation. Despite significant progress in characterizing socioecological complexity …