Vernacular knowledge and environmental law: cause and cure for regulatory failure

The Agricultural Community as a Social Network in a Collaborative, Multi-Stakeholder Problem-Solving Process

“…Finally, the integration of expert science, local knowledge, and beliefs and values within collaborative processes can produce vernacular knowledge. Vernacular knowledge is the outcome of a process where environmental problems are deliberated and solutions are negotiated by stakeholders [8,13,14]. The co-production of vernacular knowledge is important because it encourages greater participation by engaging the community in the negotiation and implementation of solutions to complex problems [8,38,39].…”

“…Second, knowledge sharing within and between networks can help to challenge or reinforce existing positions [44] and may facilitate the sharing of expert science, local knowledge, and community values and beliefs [22]. Finally, networks can encourage the creation of vernacular knowledge by providing a setting for the deliberation of problems and the negotiation of solutions during the problem-solving process [8,13,14].…”

“…Such an inclusive approach supports the interaction of non-state actors, scientists, and state actors to co-produce knowledge [8,10,11]. The outcome of this process can be 'vernacular' knowledge or science that integrates expert science and local knowledge with community beliefs and values [23,24] through the discussion of problems and the negotiation of solutions [8,13,14].…”

“…Collaboration is a highly relational process. As a result, concerns such as the co-production of knowledge, building of trust [10][11][12], and the negotiation of vernacular knowledge [8,13,14] are prominent in collaboration scholarship. Social networks support all of these aims [15,16] and are thus highly complementary to collaborative processes.…”

Cultural Stewardship Accountability of Seed Bank Institutions for Indigenous Knowledge

“…6 The systems pull history, knowledge, religion and morality together as an important part of capacity to care for country. 7 The bond between people and place has been identified as a type of fiduciary relationship.…”