Efforts are being made to develop the capacity of Native tribes to manage bison and bison habitats. An Indigenous scholar explains their sacred significance.
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The environmental awards gave cash to climate scientists, conservationists and inventors.
Australia’s Traditional Owners have survived climate shifts before. Bringing traditional ecological knowledge in contact with western climate scientists could help First Nations survive this one.
Traditional ecological knowledge, or TEK, can encompass science, medicine, ecology, religion and culture – and help protect the environment.
Genetic analysis of grizzly bear populations in British Columbia has revealed a connection in how bear and human cultures may have responded to the landscape.
Around 75% of fishermen in the Outer Hebrides speak Gaelic. Their daily use of the language at work helps keep it alive.
When our COVID-19 lockdowns end, we can’t afford to stop caring about collective well-being. NZ is well positioned to show the world how it’s done – if we listen to Māori and other diverse voices.
Trees in tropical forests are more than carbon sponges – they’re cultural artefacts.
Ancestral Indigenous songs often encode territorial responsibilities and rights, such as in relationship with ‘lokiwey’ (coastal clam gardens) on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Progress, in historical terms, has so often meant clearing places of their native inhabitants – both human and non-human.
A double standard exists concerning the acceptance of Traditional Knowledge by practitioners of Western science.
Traditional Indigenous knowledge and science has aided the development of modern scientific knowledge, and including Indigenous people in science is essential to its future.
Top contributors
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Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences and School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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PSM, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
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Associate Professor in Physics, James Cook University
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Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Cultural Palaeoecology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Assistant Professor, Chair in Indigenous Environmental Science, School of Environmental Studies, University of Guelph
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Researcher in Ethnecology, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki
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Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Massey University
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Professor in Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Contributor to the special issue on Ethnobiology Through Song/CEO Ninogaad Knowledge Keepers Foundation/Board of Directors APTN
