Social justice for traditional knowledge holders will help conserve Europe's nature
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T1 - Social justice for traditional knowledge holders will help conserve Europe's nature
AU - Molnár, Zsolt
AU - Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro
AU - Schunko, Christoph
AU - Teixidor-Toneu, Irene
AU - Jarić, Ivan
AU - Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel
AU - Ivascu, Cosmin
AU - Babai, Dániel
AU - Sáfián, László
AU - Karlsen, Pål
AU - Dai, Huxuan
AU - Hill, Rosemary
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Biodiversity of European cultural landscapes is threatened by land abandonment and intensification. While the conservation benefits of traditional management practices have been long acknowledged, recognition of traditional knowledge started only recently in Europe. Respect for the holders of traditional knowledge (TK holders) themselves lags even more behind, often leading to social injustices. Social injustices towards TK holders span from disrespect and misrepresentation, invisibility, misunderstanding, economic and political vulnerability, unethical collaborations, rights violations, disconnection, uncontextualized education to lack of inclusivity – leading to neglect of TK holders in conservation science, policy and practice. Resolving these social injustices would benefit both people and nature. Benefits of resolving injustices include better cooperation in conservation management, mutual understanding, improved representation and participation, increased respect, economic and legal security, strengthened land stewardship, better tradition-based conservation innovations, and more appropriate management regulations. Best practices are presented to inspire ways to foster recognition for TK holders and their knowledge, worldviews and values, promote the inclusion of plurality of values and voices in the media and school curricula, encourage meaningful participatory decision making, mobilise strategies to re-design and decolonize financial support mechanisms, decrease bureaucratic loads, and promote TK holder-led conservation activities. Supporting TK holders and keeping traditional land management practices alive should be considered as a social justice imperative of great strategic importance for long-term social-ecological resilience in Europe.
AB - Biodiversity of European cultural landscapes is threatened by land abandonment and intensification. While the conservation benefits of traditional management practices have been long acknowledged, recognition of traditional knowledge started only recently in Europe. Respect for the holders of traditional knowledge (TK holders) themselves lags even more behind, often leading to social injustices. Social injustices towards TK holders span from disrespect and misrepresentation, invisibility, misunderstanding, economic and political vulnerability, unethical collaborations, rights violations, disconnection, uncontextualized education to lack of inclusivity – leading to neglect of TK holders in conservation science, policy and practice. Resolving these social injustices would benefit both people and nature. Benefits of resolving injustices include better cooperation in conservation management, mutual understanding, improved representation and participation, increased respect, economic and legal security, strengthened land stewardship, better tradition-based conservation innovations, and more appropriate management regulations. Best practices are presented to inspire ways to foster recognition for TK holders and their knowledge, worldviews and values, promote the inclusion of plurality of values and voices in the media and school curricula, encourage meaningful participatory decision making, mobilise strategies to re-design and decolonize financial support mechanisms, decrease bureaucratic loads, and promote TK holder-led conservation activities. Supporting TK holders and keeping traditional land management practices alive should be considered as a social justice imperative of great strategic importance for long-term social-ecological resilience in Europe.
KW - Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
KW - Cultural landscapes
KW - Farmers
KW - Nature conservation
KW - Recognition
KW - Traditional land management
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - Environmental planning
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6c927ae2-9fe8-3011-841d-087da247545e/
U2 - 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110190
DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110190
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85168006955
VL - 285
JO - Biological Conservation
JF - Biological Conservation
SN - 0006-3207
M1 - 110190
ER -