Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments

Cochran, Ferdouz V.; Brunsell, Nathaniel A.; Cabalzar, Aloisio; Veld, Pieter-Jan van der; Azevedo, Evaristo; Azevedo, Rogelino Alves; Pedrosa, Roberval Araújo; Winegar, Levi J.

doi:10.1007/s11625-015-0303-y

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“…Indigenous seasonal calendars from around the world have illustrated how Indigenous knowledge and connection to country provide a deep and intimate understanding of the landscape [11,[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]. The Yugul Mangi Faiya En Sisen Kelenda adds to this growing collection, and aims to improve the evolving fire management practices of Indigenous land managers, while also providing an effective communication tool to increase awareness of Indigenous savanna burning.…”

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“…Indigenous seasonal calendars have been used in the monitoring and adaptive management of natural resources, agricultural systems [42][43][44][45][46], climate change [47][48][49], water [50] and fire regimes [11], and to guide eco-health decision making [51]. In Australia, many Indigenous seasonal calendars have been developed, based on phenological observations of local environments, and are often linked to practices such as harvesting of traditional resources and fire management [52,53].…”

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Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

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Indigenous fire management is experiencing a resurgence worldwide. Northern Australia is the world leader in Indigenous savanna burning, delivering social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits. In 2016, a greenhouse gas abatement fire program commenced in the savannas of south-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, managed by the Indigenous Yugul Mangi rangers. We undertook participatory action research and semi-structured interviews with rangers and Elders during 2016 and 2019 to investigate Indigenous knowledge and obtain local feedback about fire management. Results indicated that Indigenous rangers effectively use cross-cultural science (including local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge alongside western science) to manage fire. Fire management is a key driver in the production of bush tucker (wild food) resources and impacts other cultural and ecological values. A need for increased education and awareness about Indigenous burning was consistently emphasized. To address this, the project participants developed the Yugul Mangi Faiya En Sisen Kelenda (Yugul Mangi Fire and Seasons Calendar) that drew on Indigenous knowledge of seasonal biocultural indicators to guide the rangers’ fire management planning. The calendar has potential for application in fire management planning, intergenerational transfer of Indigenous knowledge and locally driven adaptive fire management.

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Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

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“…Whyte et al, 2016) and also include a consideration to how Indigenous methodologies can inform scientific assessments of, for example, climate change (e.g. Herman, 2016; Cochran et al, 2016; Kealiikanakaoleohaililani and Giardina, 2016).…”

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Amplifying Indigenous community participation in place-based research through boundary work

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‘Boundary work’ is a relatively new and innovative qualitative approach in place-based research and often involves the creation of ‘boundary objects’. Such objects can be created collaboratively with Indigenous communities, and can be used to communicate knowledge, values and aspirations across social and political boundaries. This article provides an account of boundary work within place-based research communities of practice developed between geographers and Indigenous communities. We draw on our own boundary work research and present a conceptual framework for geographers to draw on when engaging in boundary work and co-creating boundary objects with Indigenous communities.

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“…2016). Traditional ecological calendars are based on context-specific phenological knowledge generated by communities that have inhabited particular landscapes for multiple generations.…”

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Anticipating Climatic Variability: The Potential of Ecological Calendars

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Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments

Cited by 24 publications

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Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

Indigenous Knowledge and Seasonal Calendar Inform Adaptive Savanna Burning in Northern Australia

Amplifying Indigenous community participation in place-based research through boundary work

Anticipating Climatic Variability: The Potential of Ecological Calendars

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