One last chance: tapping indigenous knowledge to produce sustainable conservation policies / W.H. Thomas

Sustainable development projects that were supposed to insure the future of the earth's biological inheritance are currently being criticized for compromising biodiversity. Drawing on sixteen months of fieldwork with one of Papua New Guinea's most remote societies, this paper argues that more productive conservation policies will emerge when indigenous activities
are viewed as disturbance and not as vehicles for establishing equilibrium with the environment. This research demonstrates that although the Hewa play a significant role in shaping
this environment, their traditions are not always compatible with biodiversity conservation. Finally, policy recommendations based on indigenous knowledge research are offered.
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旨在确保地球生物遗产未来的可持续发展项目目前正受到诟病，因其损害了生物多样性。本文基于对巴布亚新几内亚最偏远社会之一长达十六个月的田野调查，论证指出，当土著活动被视为干扰而非与环境建立平衡的工具时，将涌现出更具成效的保育政策。本研究表明，尽管 Hewa 在塑造此环境方面扮演着重要角色，但其传统并不总是与生物多样性保护相兼容。最后，基于土著知识研究提出的政策建议亦被提供。资源可在线获取
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