A call for ‘management authorship’ in community forestry
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Article Title | A call for ‘management authorship’ in community forestry |
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ERA Journal ID | 36370 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Aryal, Kishor, Maraseni, Tek and Apan, Armando |
Journal Title | Environmental Science and Policy |
Journal Citation | 139, pp. 204-208 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1462-9011 |
1873-6416 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.10.023 |
Web Address (URL) | https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901122003446 |
Abstract | Community forestry is becoming an increasingly popular forest management model worldwide. Community structure, property rights, and institutional perspectives of community forestry have been discussed so far. Yet, the question of how to integrate scientific knowledge into indigenous practices has not been sufficiently articulated, and this is the most significant issue in uncertain yet complex socio-ecological systems. Examining the current policy struggle of scientific vs indigenous practices in a pioneering country of community forestry―Nepal, we propose a framework of ‘management authorship’ in community forestry. As opposed to the classical approach of ‘biosphere people’ influencing ‘ecosystem people’ by injecting science into the community, this perspective paper would be instrumental in integrating science into indigenous practices without compromising capacity, confidence, and stewardship of local actors over the resulting adaptive management practices. |
Keywords | Bricolage practice; Citizen science; Community based natural resource management; Indigenous knowledge; Scientific management |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300707. Forestry management and environment |
451907. Indigenous methodologies | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Funder | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forests and Environment, Nepal | |
University of Southern Queensland | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | |
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/w74vz/a-call-for-management-authorship-in-community-forestry
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