Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation

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Authors

  • Rosemary Hill
  • Guiomar Nates-Parra
  • José Javier G. Quezada-Euán
  • Damayanti Buchori
  • Gretchen LeBuhn
  • Marcia M. Maués
  • Petina L. Pert
  • Peter K. Kwapong
  • Shafqat Saeed
  • Sara J. Breslow
  • Manuela Carneiro da Cunha
  • Lynn V. Dicks
  • Leonardo Galetto
  • Mary Gikungu
  • Brad G. Howlett
  • Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca
  • Phil O’B. Lyver
  • Elisa Oteros-Roza
  • Simon G. Potts
  • Marie Roué

Pollinators underpin sustainable livelihoods that link ecosystems, spiritual and cultural values, and customary governance systems with indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) across the world. Biocultural diversity is a shorthand term for this great variety of people–nature interlinkages that have developed over time in specific ecosystems. Biocultural approaches to conservation explicitly build on the conservation practices inherent in sustaining these livelihoods. We used the Conceptual Framework of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to analyse the biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation by IPLCs globally. The analysis identified biocultural approaches to pollinators across all six elements of the Conceptual Framework, with conservation-related practices occurring in 60 countries, in all continents except Antarctica. Practices of IPLCs that are important for biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation can be grouped into three categories: the practice of valuing diversity and fostering biocultural diversity; landscape management practices; and diversified farming systems. Particular IPLCs may use some or all of these practices. Policies that recognize customary tenure over traditional lands, strengthen indigenous and community-conserved areas, promote heritage listing and support diversified farming systems within a food sovereignty approach are among several identified that strengthen biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation, and thereby deliver mutual benefits for pollinators and people.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftNature Sustainability
Jahrgang2
Ausgabenummer3
Seiten (von - bis)214-222
Anzahl der Seiten9
ISSN2398-9629
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.03.2019

Zugehörige Projekte

  • Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Projekt: Forschung

  • GCSO_Language for Sustainability: Sustaining Biodiversity and Biocultures

    Projekt: Forschung

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