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The learning generated through Indigenous natural resources management programs increases quality of life for Indigenous people – improving numerous contributors to wellbeing
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Jarvis, D and Stoeckl, NE and Larson, S and Grainger, D and Addison, J and Larson, A, The learning generated through Indigenous natural resources management programs increases quality of life for Indigenous people - improving numerous contributors to wellbeing, Ecological Economics, 180 pp. 1-9. ISSN 0921-8009 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106899
Abstract
The critical role that Indigenous people play in natural resource management is globally recognized,
with such endeavors frequently supported by Government and non-government funded programs.
We explore the perceived impact of the knowledge-exchange opportunities arising from these
programs, using data from a survey of Indigenous people from northern Australian communities
involved in Indigenous land and sea management programs (ILSMPs). We find that ILSMPs are
perceived as opportunities for exchange of both western and Indigenous-generated knowledge, with
more people reporting opportunities to learn and share traditional rather than western generated
knowledge. Aspects of life perceived as improved by learning and sharing were in relation to self, to
others (community and family) and the Indigenous culture overall. Learning is having a positive
impact on wellbeing; sharing is predominantly positive, but survey responses also reveal some
negatives: mostly related to examples of sharing undertaken in culturally inappropriate exchanges,
which not only impacts wellbeing, but also erodes the quality of the information exchanged.
Reducing the negative sentiments related to sharing will not only improve the wellbeing of
Indigenous people, but will also improve the quality of knowledge exchanged with consequent
positive outcomes for the environment and society as a whole.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | traditional ecological and cultural knowledge, learning, sharing knowledge, quality of life, wellbeing, knowledge sharing protocols |
| Research Division: | Economics |
| Research Group: | Other economics |
| Research Field: | Other economics not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
| Objective Group: | Other economic framework |
| Objective Field: | Ecological economics |
| UTAS Author: | Stoeckl, NE (Professor Natalie Stoeckl) |
| ID Code: | 141328 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
| Deposited By: | TSBE |
| Deposited On: | 2020-10-15 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-09-29 |
| Downloads: | 11 View Download Statistics |
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