Incorporating Biocultural Approaches in Forest Management: Insights from a Case Study of Indigenous Plant Stewardship in Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Canada

Baumflek, Michelle; Kassam, Karim-Aly; Ginger, Clare; Emery, Marla R.

doi:10.1080/08941920.2021.1944411

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“…Moving berry plants to facilitate accessible abundance and other forms of stewardship, like fertilizing and watering, are also done widely across species (e.g., wild strawberry [ Fragaria virginiana ], groundcherry [ Physalis spp. ], Rubus and Vaccinium species, serviceberry, red elderberry [ Sambucus racemose ], and highbush cranberries [ Viburnum edule ]) (Baumflek, 2015; Baumflek et al, 2021; Smith, 2011; Thornton, 1999; Turner, 2003b; Turner & Berkes, 2006; Turner & Loewen, 1998; Turner & Peacock, 2005). Westbank First Nation, in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, is transplanting thousands of black huckleberry plants annually to foster berry microhabitats in their territory (Migicovsky et al, 2022).…”

Section: Responding To Environmental Change With Berry Stewardshipmentioning

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Climate and land‐use change impacts on cultural use berries: Considerations for mitigative stewardship

Mucioki

2024

Plants People Planet

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Societal Impact StatementCultural use berries are prized foods and medicines across the United States and Canada, with almost 200 different species used by Indigenous Peoples. Berries are increasingly being impacted by environmental and land‐use change. Berry habitats, how and when berry plants reproduce, and the volume of berries available for harvest each year are shifting widely. These changes are impacting access to, availability of, and consumption of berries. Biocultural stewardship practices, like low‐intensity fire, transplanting, and thinning, can be used in response to these stressors to support berry plant health and productivity as well as a sustained relationship with this important food.SummaryAlmost 200 different species of berries are used for food and medicine by Indigenous Peoples, with unparalleled nutritional and cultural significance among plant foods. Environmental and land‐use change is increasingly compromising access to, availability of, and consumption of berries. In this review, I consider (a) how climate and land‐use change are impacting cultural use berries across species and places, as documented by Indigenous Peoples and in the scientific literature, and (b) how stewardship practices are being applied to promote resilience and sustainability in berrying landscapes experiencing stress. Climate impacts on Arctic and subarctic berry species include earlier ripening, changes in taste, or increased variability in abundance. These same regions are experiencing a proliferation of shrubs, while forests throughout the lower 48 and Canada are suffering from suffocating fuel loads and stand densities that are not conducive to berry habitat for many species. In the Pacific West, berries are influenced by prolonged droughts and increasing spring and summer temperatures. Climate change impacts are amplified by shifts in land use for forestry and agriculture. Biocultural stewardship practices, like low‐intensity fire, thinning, transplanting, and cultural care, can be used to mitigate these impacts and promote berry microclimate habitats. There is opportunity for intertribal networking and knowledge sharing around berry stewardship practices that will support local and regional climate change responses.

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Section: Responding To Environmental Change With Berry Stewardshipmentioning

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Climate and land‐use change impacts on cultural use berries: Considerations for mitigative stewardship

Mucioki

2024

Plants People Planet

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“…La salud y la gestión de los bosques están vinculadas al bienestar socioeconómico de los pueblos indígenas y tribales, donde la gestión de los ecosistemas forestales está interrelacionada con la identidad cultural (KM 16.3) 181,182 . Tales perspectivas conducen a diferentes opciones de adaptación con énfasis en la gestión activa diseñada para mantener relaciones recíprocas.…”

Section: Adaptación Al Cambio Climático Y Apropiación Forestalunclassified

Cap. 7. Bosques. En: La Quinta Evaluación Nacional del Clima.

2023

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“…Recognising human beings and non-humans as co-habitants of ecosystems [42,43]. "Biocultural approaches are an emergent area of study that conceptualize interrelationships between cultures and the environment" [40].…”

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“…A subjective scan of published academic literature shows an overlap in terminologies coined by applying the term ‘biocultural’ as descriptor between both the paradigms, with the context of its usage in biocultural diversity being different from biocultural studies in anthropology ( Table 1 and Table 2 ). A ‘biocultural approach’ in the latter could mean understanding the influence of environment on human health by examining parameters such as obesity and nutritional status [ 29 ], while in biocultural diversity it would mean an approach that recognizes the co-existence of biological and cultural diversity, and the linkages between them [ 39 , 40 ]. If biocultural conservation in biocultural diversity means to conserve biological and cultural diversity [ 41 ], in the context of biocultural studies it would mean conserving the diverse patterns of environmental influence on human wellbeing when applied.…”

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Ecocultural or Biocultural? Towards Appropriate Terminologies in Biocultural Diversity

Franco

2022

Biology

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Biocultural diversity has made notable contributions that have furthered our understanding of the human culture-nature interrelationship. However, the usage of the term ‘biocultural’ is not unique to biocultural diversity. It was first used in biocultural studies within anthropology decades ahead of biocultural diversity. The existing literature on biocultural diversity does not acknowledge the prior existence of biocultural studies, or provide a clear demarcation between usages of the two terms. In this article, I discuss the varying contexts in usage of the term ‘biocultural’ between biocultural diversity and biocultural anthropology. While biocultural diversity deals with the linkages between biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity, biocultural studies in anthropology deal with the deterministic influence of physical and social environment on human biology and wellbeing. In biocultural studies, ‘biocultural’ refers to the integration of methodically collated cultural data with biological and environmental data. ‘Bio’ in biocultural anthropology therefore denotes biology, unlike biocultural diversity where it refers to biodiversity. Both biocultural studies and biocultural diversity apply ‘biocultural’ as descriptor to generate overlapping terminologies such as ‘biocultural approach’. Such a confusing scenario is not in the interest of biocultural diversity, as it would impede theoretical advancements. I propose that advocates of biocultural diversity explore its harmonies with ecoculturalism and the possibilities of suitably adapting the term ‘ecoculture’ in lieu of ‘bioculture’. Using ‘ecocultural’ instead of ‘biocultural’ as a descriptor to coin terminologies could solve confusions arising from the expanding usage of the term ‘bioculture’.

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Incorporating Biocultural Approaches in Forest Management: Insights from a Case Study of Indigenous Plant Stewardship in Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Canada

Cited by 11 publications

References 50 publications

Climate and land‐use change impacts on cultural use berries: Considerations for mitigative stewardship

Climate and land‐use change impacts on cultural use berries: Considerations for mitigative stewardship

Cap. 7. Bosques. En: La Quinta Evaluación Nacional del Clima.

Ecocultural or Biocultural? Towards Appropriate Terminologies in Biocultural Diversity

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