“…TEK is similar to indigenous knowledge (IK), culturally embedded knowledge of indigenous groups (Snively andCorsiglia 2001, Gadgil et al 2003), and local knowledge (LK, experiential knowledge of local people; Folke 2001, Raymond et al 2010). TEK studies have been conducted in many ecosystems around the world, including forests, grasslands, and marine systems (Fernandez-Gimenez 2000, Stave et al 2007, Parlee et al 2012, Narchi et al 2014, Molnar 2017. In rangelands, researchers have documented pastoralist knowledge in many different regions, including Asia (Fernandez-Gimenez 2000, Tang and Gavin 2010, Bruegger et al 2014, Kakinuma et al 2014, Hopping et al 2016, Yeh et al 2017, Europe (Fernandez-Gimenez and Fillat 2012, Molnar 2017), Africa (Mapinduzi et al 2003, Stringer and Reed 2007, Roba and Oba 2009, Raymond et al 2010, Jandreau and Berkes 2016, the USA (Knapp and Fernandez-Gimenez 2008), and Australia (Moller et al 2004, Waudby et al 2013.…”