Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Swiss Alpine Farmers and their Resilience to Socioecological Change

Glasenapp, Markus von; Thornton, Thomas F.

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“…My study demonstrated that even in participatory restoration programs, where the public voluntarily collaborate with professional practitioners on a more equal footing, such power dynamics still exist. Second, although political ecologists have interrogated knowledge politics involved in environmental issues, their analyses focused on starkly different knowledge systems, for example, Western science versus resource users in developing countries (Forsyth, 2003;Robbins, 2003;Goodman, 2011) and traditional ecological knowledge (Nadasdy, 1999;Fernandez-Gimenez et al, 2006;von Glasenapp and Thornton, 2011). My study demonstrated that even in the first-world, urban context, among groups supportive of restoration, knowledge politics still lead to tensions.…”

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Contrasting visions of science in ecological restoration: Expert-lay dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers

Weng

2015

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a b s t r a c tEcological restoration as a popular form of volunteer participation has been praised as an example of democratic natural resource management. However, the involvement of volunteers in projects guided by professionals does not necessarily ensure democratic knowledge exchange and production. Drawing insights from citizen science and political ecology, this paper investigates the role of science in mediating the dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers. Using case studies of ecological restoration programs at two university arboreta in the American Midwest, this paper argues that the contrasting visions of science between professional practitioners and volunteers led to conflicts and presented challenges for the institutions to genuinely engage the public in contributing local knowledge and framing management priorities. While both groups emphasized the practical aspect of science in guiding restoration work, they differed in how they conceptualized the role of humans in restoration, work priorities, and how to apply scientific theories and methods in restoration. Moreover, at the university arboreta, science defined institutional identity and claims to scientific authority further delineated boundaries between professional practitioners and volunteers. As a result, distrust, tensions, lack of engagement, and different levels of desired public participation existed in these seemingly participatory programs. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the cross-fertilization between citizen science and political ecology by underscoring the politics of participation and the role of science (and its interpretations) in challenging expert-lay dynamics in environmental volunteering programs. Practical recommendations are included for deconstructing the expert-lay hierarchy and moving restoration toward a democratic practice.

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Section: Refocusing On the Politics Of Participation And The Role Of mentioning

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Contrasting visions of science in ecological restoration: Expert-lay dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers

Weng

2015

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“…Furthermore, the implementation of crop-tree-livestock systems was significantly and positively correlated with farmers' knowledge of agrobiodiversity (crops, trees and animal species) management. These results highlighted the critical role of farmers' ecological knowledge in managing natural resources and local environment [51,58] and in enhancing the social-ecological resilience to hazards [59,60].…”

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Farmer’s Knowledge and Perception of Diversified Farming Systems in Sub-Humid and Semi-Arid Areas in Benin

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Abstract:Building on farmer's agroecological knowledge to design environmental-friendly agricultural systems is crucial given the environmental impact of industrial agriculture. We investigated the drivers of farmers' knowledge of agrobiodiversity management and analyzed how farmers' knowledge and their current farming contexts may guide future farming systems in sub-humid (Bassila) and semi-arid (Boukoumbé) areas of Benin. We conducted structured interviews with 180 farmers and used generalized linear models and correlation analyses to understand the spatio-temporal dynamics of farmers' knowledge and perception. Land tenure, ecological conditions and sociolinguistic membership were the main drivers of farmers' knowledge of agroforestry systems, practices, species diversity and current farming systems. Sociolinguistic membership also significantly predicted farmers' knowledge of livestock management. Farmers in the semi-arid area were more involved in integrated crop-tree-livestock systems than those in the sub-humid area. However, all farmers indicated a willingness to adopt this integrated farming system regardless of socioeconomic and ecological factors. Farmer's knowledge of agrobiodiversity (crops, agroforestry species and livestock diversity) management was correlated with the involvement in integrated crop-livestock-tree and agroforestry systems. These findings provide insights into how farmers' knowledge can serve as basis in optimizing agricultural and livelihoods systems. Investigating the ecological, economic and social performance of the most desired OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 6574 integration/diversification options using a system approach involving a co-innovation process can further our mechanistic understanding of farmers decision making process.

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“…This type of knowledge can not only be integrated to modern practices, but may also remain intact through years, persisting through changes and evolving rather than changing or being altered (Reyes-García et al, 2014). Tacit knowledge has also been reported as an element of the adaptive capacity of an agricultural production system (von Glasenapp and Thornton, 2011). Despite the fact that these knowledge endowments are important for livestock farms, migrant workers are not always experienced in such settings and need proper training (usually informal) during the first period of their employment.…”

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Labor Management Strategies in Facing the Economic Crisis. Evidence From Greek Livestock Farms

Ragkos¹,

Koutsou²,

Theodoridis³

et al. 2018

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Swiss Alpine Farmers and their Resilience to Socioecological Change

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Cited by 68 publications

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Contrasting visions of science in ecological restoration: Expert-lay dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers

Contrasting visions of science in ecological restoration: Expert-lay dynamics between professional practitioners and volunteers

Farmer’s Knowledge and Perception of Diversified Farming Systems in Sub-Humid and Semi-Arid Areas in Benin

Labor Management Strategies in Facing the Economic Crisis. Evidence From Greek Livestock Farms

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