Storing and sharing : A review of indigenous and local knowledge conservation initiatives
Benyei, Petra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Arreola, Guadalupe (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	Despite its relative adaptive capacity and its many values, indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is rapidly eroding. Over the past decades a myriad of efforts have emerged to prevent this erosion. In this work, we reviewed and systematically coded 138 ILK conservation initiatives published in academic papers in order to explore trends in participation, digitalization, timing, location, and approach of the initiatives. We also explored factors influencing initiative inclusiveness. Our findings reveal that ILK holders are generally absent from most phases of the studied initiatives, although IT-based and in situ initiatives (i. e. , education and community based conservation) appear as the exceptions. We also found that ex situ initiatives (i. e. , research/documentation and policy/legislation efforts) are predominant, despite the challenges they reportedly face. These findings call for re-formulating the ways in which ex situ ILK conservation is done and for supporting in situ and IT based initiatives, as they offer the potential to lead the participatory turn.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2014-59704-P Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2015-0552
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MDM-2015-0552
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Inclusiveness ; Indigenous and local knowledge ; Knowledge conservation ; Systematic review
Published in:	Ambio, Vol. 49, Issue 12 (December 2020) , p. 218-230, ISSN 1654-7209

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01153-6
PMID: 30859400

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