Ecosystem-based planning and management have stimulated the need to gather
sociocultural values and human uses of land in formats accessible to diverse planners and …

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 …

Despite the increasing trend worldwide of integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge in
natural resource management, there has been little stock-taking of literature on lessons …

Political ecology (PE) is rooted in a combination of critical perspectives and the hard won
insights distilled from field work. The theoretical base of political ecology was joined, by …

Protected areas are a key tool for conservation policy but their economic impacts are not
well understood. This paper presents new evidence about the local effects of strictly …

Ecosystems are complex adaptive systems, and their governance requires flexibility and a
capacity to respond to environmental feedback (Levin 1998, Berkes et al. 2000, Dietz et al …

Complex connections between local and transnational realities, from markets, migration and
social movements, to land use change, species invasions, viral plagues and climate change …

Participatory map** has emerged as a dominant paradigm in participatory approaches to
international planning, conservation management, and community development in the …

Sociospatial information is critical to marine and coastal ecosystem management. The
Hawaii Coastal Uses Map** Project used a participatory geographic information systems …

The value of accumulated ecological knowledge, termed ecoliteracy, is vital to both human
and ecosystem health. Maintenance of this knowledge is essential for continued support of …