Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into academic research at local and global scales

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 1-11 - 2021
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque1, David Ludwig2, Ivanilda Soares Feitosa1, Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura1,3, Paulo Henrique Santos Gonçalves1, Risoneide Henriques da Silva1,3, Taline Cristina da Silva4, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza5, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior6
1Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos (LEA), Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
2Knowledge Technology and Innovation (KTI) Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
3Programa de Pós-graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Dois Irmãos, Brazil
4Laboratório de Etnobiologia e Conservação de Ecossistemas, Universidade Estadual de Alagoas, Palmeira dos Índios, Brazil
5Laboratório de Síntese Ecológica e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
6Laboratório de Investigações Bioculturais no Semiárido, Universidade de Pernambuco, Campus Petrolina, Petrolina, Brazil

Tóm tắt

Researchers have become increasingly concerned with the relation between traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and academic ecological knowledge (AEK). TEK includes complex predictive resources that often remain insufficiently reflected in ecological research, conservation practices, and ecosystem services. At the same time, knowledge integration comes with methodological and political challenges of negotiating differences between knowledge systems. In this article, we provide evidence from different scales (population, community, and ecosystems) about how TEK and AEK can be related when addressing the same phenomena. Finally, we discuss the possibilities of relating TEK and AEK through a perspective of complementarity of knowledge, taking existing differences as opportunities for dialogue.

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