Data/hora: 10/06/2024 17:12:52

Provedor de dados: | 7
País: | Canada
Título: | Grizzly bear monitoring by the Heiltsuk people as a crucible for First Nation conservation practice
Autores: | Housty, William G.; Coastwatch Director, QQS Projects Society; william.housty@gmail.com; Noson, Anna; Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana;; Scoville, Gerald W.; Department of Biological Sciences, Central Washington University;; Boulanger, John; Integrated Ecological Research;; Jeo, Richard M.; The Nature Conservancy; rjeo@tnc.org; Darimont, Chris T.; Department of Geography, University of Victoria; Raincoast Conservation Foundation;; Filardi, Christopher E.; Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History ; filardi@amnh.org.
Data: | 2014-06-27
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Bear population monitoring; British Columbia; Conservation; First Nations science; Grizzly bear; Noninvasive mark-recapture; Salmon; Social and ecological resilience; Traditional stewardship; Values.
Resumo: | Guided by deeply held cultural values, First Nations in Canada are rapidly regaining legal authority to manage natural resources. We present a research collaboration among academics, tribal government, provincial and federal government, resource managers, conservation practitioners, and community leaders supporting First Nation resource authority and stewardship. First, we present results from a molecular genetics study of grizzly bears inhabiting an important conservation area within the territory of the Heiltsuk First Nation in coastal British Columbia. Noninvasive hair sampling occurred between 2006 and 2009 in the Koeye watershed, a stronghold for grizzly bears, salmon, and Heiltsuk people. Molecular demographic analyses revealed a regionally significant population of bears, which congregate at the Koeye each salmon-spawning season. There was a minimum of 57 individual bears detected during the study period. Results also pointed to a larger than expected source geography for salmon-feeding bears in the study area (&amp;#62; 1000 km&amp;#178;), as well as early evidence of a declining trend in the bear population potentially explained by declining salmon numbers. Second, we demonstrate and discuss the power of integrating scientific research with a culturally appropriate research agenda developed by indigenous people. Guided explicitly by principles from Gvi&amp;#8217;ilas or customary law, this research methodology is coupled with Heiltsuk culture, enabling results of applied conservation science to involve and resonate with tribal leadership in ways that have eluded previous scientific endeavors. In this context, we discuss the effectiveness of research partnerships that, from the outset, create both scientific programs and integrated communities of action that can implement change. We argue that indigenous resource management requires collaborative approaches like ours, in which science-based management is embedded within a socially and culturally appropriate context. We emerge not only with a set of guiding principles for resource management by the Heiltsuk, but a broadly applicable strategy that fosters intimacy with traditional lands and resources and provides a powerful engine for conservation.
Tipo: | Peer-Reviewed Reports
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | vol19/iss2/art70/
Editor: | Resilience Alliance
Formato: | text/html application/pdf
Fonte: | Ecology and Society; Vol. 19, No. 2 (2014)