原住民的消防管理塑造了北美大湖森林的形状
Evan R Larson1, Nisogaabokwe Melonee Montano2,3, Emily Lockling4,5
1Department of Environmental Sciences and Society, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI 53818.
概括
将传统生态知识 (TEK) 与西方科学相结合,揭示了土著火灾管理.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境历史 环境历史
- 土著研究土著研究.
背景情况:
- 越来越多的人对将传统生态知识 (TEK) 和西方科学融合为气候和景观弹性感兴趣.
- 原住民知识提供了对当地景观的深入洞察,而西方科学则提供了对新生态条件的理解.
- 全球的燃烧性 (易燃性) 生态系统可以从这种综合方法中受益.
研究的目的:
- 将土著知识与多个世纪的火灾和土地使用历史 (从树环) 结合起来,以重建人类与威斯康星州和明尼苏达州的接触.
- 通过减少文化和土地使用实践振兴障碍,促进互惠利益,破坏开采研究,并尊重土著知识.
- 展示基于地方,基于社区的研究对理解土著消防管理在塑造生态系统中的作用的重要性.
主要方法:
- 编织土著知识与来自树木环的多世纪数据关于火灾历史,土地使用和森林开发.
- 通过实质性的土著知识和西方科学进行了强烈的本地研究.
- 分析土著消防管理与区域景观多样性之间的微小关系.
主要成果:
- 重建了一个更完整的人类与上湖地区 (威斯康星州和明尼苏达州点) 接触的历史.
- 这项研究说明了土著火灾管理如何塑造松树林的位置.
- 其他研究可能看不到的微小关系与区域景观多样性有关.
结论:
- 整合TEK和西方科学对于理解和恢复生态文化火灾制度至关重要.
- 以土著知识为中心的基于地方的研究对于创建有弹性和公正的社会生态系统至关重要.
- 在气候变化中,传统的火灾使用实践对于生态文化火灾恢复至关重要.
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