改变范式,为土著领导者在生物安全管理和决策方面创造空间
Tracey Godfery1, John Kean2, Daniel Hikuroa3
1School of Biological Sciences, Waipapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
概括
原住民的知识对新西兰至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 土著研究土著研究.
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
背景情况:
- 新西兰日益增长的意识凸显了生态系统健康与社会福祉之间的联系,特别是对毛利土著人的.
- 由于人类活动,气候变化和入侵物种,生物多样性丧失正在加速,对文化价值观构成风险.
- 毛利族社区面临着来自生物入侵者的重大威胁,因为他们与自然环境有着深厚的联系和责任.
研究的目的:
- 倡导将土著世界观纳入新西兰的生物安全管理.
- 建议从以西方为中心的方法转向以土著地区为基础的生物安全.
- 强调土著参与环境决策和领导的关键作用.
主要方法:
- 对新西兰生物安全环境的分析,涉及对本地植物和生态系统的生物威胁.
- 审查当前的环境管理范式及其关于土著参与的局限性.
- 构想一个整体的,原住民知情的生物安全框架.
主要成果:
- 当前,原住民参与生物安全问题往往局限在西方框架内,限制其影响.
- 需要向土著基于地方的生物安全转变范式,以纳入毛利人的价值观和知识.
- 生物安全需要一个整体的方法,整合文化,社会,经济和环境的维度.
结论:
- 在生物安全决策中提高土著人的声音对于有效的环境管理至关重要.
- 生物安全管理必须采用土著范式,以尊重和利用与环境的深厚文化联系.
- 原住民知识和西方科学的互补整合为新西兰的生物安全提供了一个强大的前进道路.
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