First Nations knowledge keeper Henry Michel and ecologist Don Gayton, both extension specialists with FORREX�Forest Research Extension Partnership, engage in an extended dialogue on the prospects of linking Indigenous peoples� knowledge and Western science. Along the way, they discuss the philosophy surrounding each world view, and some practical guidelines for linking the two knowledge systems� something seen by Michel and Gayton as crucial to the future of forest and natural resource management in British Columbia.
This paper describes the First Nations Community Needs Analysis Process that FORREX–Forest Research Extension Partnership (formerly SIFERP, the Southern Interior Forest Extension and Research Partnership) undertook in 1999/2000 to identify and analyze the land and natural resource management information needs of the First Nations' communities in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. It also responds to the outcomes of the information needs assessment by presenting a “Framework for Action,” part of which includes establishing the Partnership's Aboriginal Forestry Extension Program.Based on the results of the information needs assessment, First Nations' communities in the Southern Interior of British Columbia clearly have a need and a desire to participate in forestry extension services. The information needs assessment also revealed and expanded on several issues that must be considered in the provision of extension services to First Nations' communities.With incentive from its Aboriginal partners, FORREX has taken a leadership role in providing extension services and has undertaken the responsibility of working with its Aboriginal partners to identify the information and research needs in their communities. The needs analysis process has also provided direction for including traditional ecological knowledge in natural resources management and policy development.
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