Cultivating reciprocity and supporting Indigenous lifeways through the cultural transformation of natural resource management in North America
Fisk, Jonathan (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Berl, Richard E. W. (National Wildlife Health Center. U.S. Geological Survey)
Long, Jonathan (Pacific Southwest Research Station (USA))
Jacobs, Lara (Michigan State University)
van Eeden, Lily (Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action)
Adams, Melinda M. (University of Kansas. Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science)
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Murphy, Jazmin (Wolf Conservation Center (USA))
Gavin, Michael (Colorado State University. Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources)
Williams, Christopher K. (University of Delaware. Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology)
Salerno, Jonathan (Colorado State University. Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources)
Verschuuren, Bas (Wageningen University & Research)
Bennett, Nathan (University of British Columbia. Institute for Oceans and Fisheries)
Idohou, Rodrigue (National University of Agriculture (Republic of Benin))
Mawyer, Alexander (University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Center for Pacific Islands Studies)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia

Fecha:	2025
Resumen:	Recent decades have seen increasing calls for implementing Indigenous Knowledges (IK) in natural resource management (NRM). However, efforts have been limited by the cultural incommensurabilities between (1) NRM institutions, which are rooted in worldviews that prioritize extraction for dominant cultures and assume dominance over nature and (2) Indigenous worldviews that prioritize kincentric reciprocity with the environment. This manuscript addresses how transforming NRM institutions enables management to better support Indigenous Knowledges and lifeways. This manuscript examines incommensurabilities between NRM institutional cultures and Indigenous cultures, with the value and lifeway of reciprocity as the focal point. Through synthesizing interdisciplinary scholarship and examples from author experiences, we explore how NRM institutions in North America can transform to honour and facilitate reciprocity, especially within efforts to implement IK and support Indigenous lifeways. NRM institutions are cultural products, and in North America were born of colonial histories and cultural roots connected to modern governance and power dynamics. These cultural foundations led to NRM approaches that prioritize maximizing economic growth while guarding against overexploitation. Kincentric reciprocal relations with the environment often emphasize interdependency with more-than-human kin, place-based holistic Knowledges grounded in cultural practices and communal responsibility to cultivate social-ecological abundance for present and future generations. Incommensurabilities between NRM institutional cultures and Indigenous cultures impede efforts to implement IK and support Indigenous lifeways as: (1) rigid institutional structures do not account for Indigenous worldviews and values but instead attempt to fit IK within dominant paradigms; (2) the siloing of NRM leads to the piecemealing and invalidation of IK at the expense of Knowledge Holders and (3) ineffective public engagement strategies limit the possibility of reciprocal relations between NRM institutions and communities throughout management processes. Incommensurabilities between NRM institutional cultures and Indigenous cultures impede efforts to implement IK and support Indigenous lifeways as: (1) rigid institutional structures do not account for Indigenous worldviews and values but instead attempt to fit IK within dominant paradigms; (2) the siloing of NRM leads to the piecemealing and invalidation of IK at the expense of Knowledge Holders and (3) ineffective public engagement strategies limit the possibility of reciprocal relations between NRM institutions and communities throughout management processes. Transforming NRM institutional cultures to better implement IK and support Indigenous lifeways is key for redressing long-standing issues and ensuring social-ecological resilience and abundance. Heavy investments of time, personnel and resources are necessary for transforming NRM institutions to appropriately cultivate reciprocal relations with Indigenous communities and lands. Strategies towards transformation include decentralization through decolonial frameworks, knowledge co-production and using place-based cultural evaluation processes to improve cultural alignment.
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Adaptive governance ; Culture ; Indigenous Knowledges ; Kincentric worldviews ; Natural resource management ; North America ; Reciprocity ; Social-ecological systems
Publicado en:	People and Nature, Vol. 7, Issue 5 (May 2025) , p. 1171-1184, ISSN 2575-8314

DOI: 10.1002/pan3.70056

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