The contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to ecological restoration
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (Helsingin yliopisto. HELSUS kestävyystieteen instituutti)
McElwee, Pamela (Rutgers University. Department of Human Ecology)
Molnár, Zsolt (MTA Ökológiai Kutatóközpont)
Öllerer, Kinga (MTA Ökológiai Kutatóközpont)
Wilson, Sarah Jane (University of Connecticut. PARTNERS reforestation network)
Brondizio, Eduardo (Indiana University. Department of Anthropology)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) are affected by global environmental change because they directly rely on their immediate environment for meeting basic livelihood needs. Therefore, safeguarding and restoring ecosystem resilience is critical to support their wellbeing. Based on examples from the literature, we illustrate how IPLC participate in restoration activities maintaining traditional practices, restoring land degraded by outsiders, and joining outside groups seeking to restore ecosystems. Our review also provides examples of how Indigenous and local knowledge can be incorporated in the planning, execution, and monitoring of restoration activities. However, not all restoration initiatives engaging IPLC are beneficial or successful, and the factors that lead to success are not fully known. While local involvement in restoration projects is often mentioned as an element of success, this is primarily associated to projects that actively involve IPLC in co-designing restoration activities affecting their territories, ensure both short-term direct benefits to IPLC and long-term support of the maintenance of restored areas, and recognize IPLC local traditions and customary institutions. Based on these examples, we argue that IPLC should be a more important focus in any post-2020 CBD agenda on restoration.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2015-0552
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Co-management ; Cultural Keystone Species ; Ecosystem Services ; Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) ; Traditional management
Published in:	Restoration ecology, Published online 02 October 2018, ISSN 1526-100X

DOI: 10.1111/rec.12894

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