14 Nov Indigenous Engagement in Conservation by Larry McDermott
Posted at 17:44h
in Cultures and Traditions, Indigenous Issues, Webinars, Governance, Rights & Conflict, Engagement, Education and Empowerment
What are the fundamental principles of engagement of First Nations governments, organizations and peoples in community conservation, land use and resource management issues? How can these principles, such as respect, guide process and action?
This talk will cover these questions, as well as what reconciliation means in this context. Much has been written about the importance of reconciling Traditional Knowledge with Western Natural and Social Sciences. How to reconcile the natural world with cross-cultural capacity development for equitable and sustainable conservation and livelihoods outcomes, however, is less clear. Connected people leads to healthy communities – so what needs to happen for true reconciliation to occur?