Climate and land‐use change impacts on cultural use berries: Considerations for mitigative stewardship

Plants People Planet, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(4), P. 791 - 802

Published: Feb. 20, 2024

Societal Impact Statement Cultural use berries are prized foods and medicines across the United States Canada, with almost 200 different species used by Indigenous Peoples. Berries increasingly being impacted environmental land‐use change. Berry habitats, how when berry plants reproduce, volume of available for harvest each year shifting widely. These changes impacting access to, availability of, consumption berries. Biocultural stewardship practices, like low‐intensity fire, transplanting, thinning, can be in response to these stressors support plant health productivity as well a sustained relationship this important food. Summary Almost food medicine Peoples, unparalleled nutritional cultural significance among foods. Environmental change is compromising In review, I consider (a) climate places, documented Peoples scientific literature, (b) practices applied promote resilience sustainability berrying landscapes experiencing stress. Climate impacts on Arctic subarctic include earlier ripening, taste, or increased variability abundance. same regions proliferation shrubs, while forests throughout lower 48 Canada suffering from suffocating fuel loads stand densities that not conducive habitat many species. Pacific West, influenced prolonged droughts increasing spring summer temperatures. amplified shifts land forestry agriculture. care, mitigate microclimate habitats. There opportunity intertribal networking knowledge sharing around will local regional responses.

Language: Английский

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A values-centered relational science model: supporting Indigenous rights and reconciliation in research

Ecology and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(2)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Addressing complex social-ecological issues requires all relevant sources of knowledge and data, especially those held by communities who remain close to the land. Centuries oppression, extractive research practices, misrepresentation have hindered balanced exchange with Indigenous inhibited innovation problem-solving capacity in scientific fields. A recent shift landscape reflects a growing interest engaging across diverse ways knowing. Scientific discussions increasingly highlight inherent value environmental ethics frameworks processes as original roadmaps for sustainable development planning, including their potential addressing climate crisis related social concerns. Momentum this is also propelled an increasing body evidencing role land stewardship maintaining ecological health biodiversity. However, key challenge straining movement lies rooted colonial residue ongoing actions that suppress co-opt systems. Scientists working incomplete datasets privilege handful narratives, conceptual understandings, languages, historical contexts, while failing engage thousands collective bodies intergenerational, place-based The current dominant paradigm risks continued harmful impacts sustain Here, we outline how ethical standards researcher practice can be raised order reconcile legacies settler practices. We synthesize community-based protocols frameworks, transferring disciplines, ground truthing methods our own practice, present relational science model supporting rights reconciliation research. maintain core values integrity, respect, humility, reciprocity should shape responsibilities applied raise long-term accountability regarding lands, rights, communities, shared futures.

Language: Английский

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In this current wildfire crisis, acknowledge widespread suffering

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

Abstract With climate change causing more extreme weather events globally, scientists have argued that societies three options: mitigation, adaptation or suffering. In recent years, devastating wildfires caused significant suffering, yet the extent of this suffering has not been defined. To encapsulate we determined impacts and effects through two systematic literature reviews. Six common themes wildfire emerged: environmental, social, physical, mental, cultural resource These varied in scale: from local to regional; individuals communities; ecosystems landscapes. We then applied these Las Maquinas (Chile) Fort McMurray (Canada) wildfires. This highlighted several strategies can reduce however our exploration indicates must address social ecological factors. analysis concludes is diverse widespread, engagement with needed if going decrease.

Language: Английский

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Fire in the contemporary cuisines of Indigenous peoples in Canada

Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

Spiritual dish, medicine wheel flatbread, flamed game and smoked fish are all examples of the intersection Indigenous food spirituality. This article explores this by examining conceptualization fire in cultures Canada, particularly Quebec, through an analysis cuisines. How do contemporary cuisines Canada express their relationship to fire? What is significance cuisines? symbolic value smoke, both as a smell taste, foods? The based on two studies: one conducted with First Nations community Quebec another focused restaurants Canada. discussion suggests that has relational potential helps signify, cuisine, connection between peoples land.

Language: Английский

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Addressing the legacy of past mining in the garden river first nation community: Perspectives and pathways to improve community engagement

The Extractive Industries and Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22, P. 101630 - 101630

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

Language: Английский

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Interplay of Seasonal Hydrology and Landscape Topography Drives Black Carbon Export in the Fraser River

Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 130(3)

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

Abstract Fire is an important driver of carbon cycling across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, but global fire regimes are changing. Black (BC), a product biomass burning, more environmentally persistent than its parent cycles differently bulk organic carbon. This study aims to refine understanding the environmental drivers BC flux from land ocean through year‐long measurement in Fraser River British Columbia, Canada. The River’s context distinct systems that currently form basis export, characterized by highly seasonally variable hydrology, with basin spanning diverse ecosystems glaciated mountainous regions dry flatlands. We found exported 18,765 ± 2,734 Mg yr −1 BC, dissolved black (DBC) comprising 3.3 0.9% annual (DOC) flux, both lower previous estimates would suggest. Strong seasonal variation DBC content DOC aromaticity were measured River. reveals importance hydrology export different pools indicates seasonality hydrologic regime should be given consideration future estimations riverine flux. These findings bring light seasonality, topography transport, implications for changing climate.

Language: Английский

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“Forest doesn’t burn anymore”: Indigenous ontologies of cultural burning and fire in Southern India

Environment and Planning E Nature and Space, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 13, 2025

Historically, many Indigenous communities across the world have practiced seasonal burning to manage their local ecosystems. This practice shaped forest terrains worldwide and established an intentional active relationship between humans fire. Yet, perceived as a threat wildlife biodiversity, colonial policies banned of forests, customary fire management remains point disagreement conventional managers Peoples. is particularly evident among Adivasis (Indigenous Peoples India), whose use understanding are often disregarded in management, prohibition on traditional practices continues India. Through open-ended interviews transect walks Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary South Indian state Kerala, we discuss Adivasi engagements with cultural burning. In this study, members characterized as: (1) preserver groomer landscape identity; (2) co-manager actor within specific terrains; (3) enabler socio-ecological function relationships. this, explain human–fire coexistence—what enables it how benefits human–forest systems fire's multifaceted role Fire clears up forests supports mobility, access interactions ecosystems, coexistence wild animals. It growth grass native trees, leading productive, functional, healthy “good forest.” We argue that alternative dialogs provide opportunities for land better reflect distinct ontologies might then follow. Additionally, fires increase, revisiting perspectives can offer lessons minimize its consequences future landscapes.

Language: Английский

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Cumulative effects of fire in the Fraser River basin on freshwater quality and implications for the Salish Sea

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 978, P. 179416 - 179416

Published: April 17, 2025

The movement of water from land to the ocean serves as a major biogeochemical link between terrestrial and marine systems, through which disturbances can impact freshwater quality coastal oceans. Wildfire is disturbance, however its influence on in large systems understudied. As anthropogenic pressures change fire regimes globally, it important that this connection better understood. Fraser River's basin has significant wildfire history, River receiving waters Salish Sea, making an ideal system investigate ocean. This study assessed cumulative impacts using historical data. explained up 16.3 % variance quality, fires burning closer waterways had immediate while farther away wildfires delayed quality. For variables particular importance was linked short term decreases riverine concentrations some constituents, increases nearly all variables. These findings have implications for productivity contamination, identify agent cycling

Language: Английский

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Emergent sovereignties: Pragmatism, experiment, and affect within collaborative Indigenous wildfire management in southeast Australia

Environment and Planning E Nature and Space, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 5, 2025

This article examines the resurgence of Indigenous peoples’ presence and knowledge in environmental management southeast Australia, a region with an ongoing history settler colonial dispossession. Drawing on concept “survivance”, explores dynamics intercultural interactions between organisations state agencies through focus cultural fire collaborations. These collaborations have grown significantly scope number over past decade – notably aftermath 2019–2020 Black Summer wildfire season partnerships emerging at different scales supported by legal financial arrangements. Based interviews non-Indigenous individuals engaged local, regional, statewide scales, reveals forms pragmatism, experimentation, affect that sustain them within broader context. Rather than seeing such formations as co-optative or liberating, argues for their crucial importance understanding sovereignty emergent practice tension state.

Language: Английский

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Indigenous fire practices in Wasur National Park Merauke, South Papua

BIO Web of Conferences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 175, P. 03010 - 03010

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Indigenous communities worldwide have traditionally employed fire as a land management tool to promote ecological enhancement. However, these practices are increasingly threatened by socio-economic changes, leading rise in uncontrolled wildfires. This research seeks understand the traditional burning of Kanume people utilizing knowledge framework. A qualitative case study design was employed, with data gathered through in-depth interviews, observation, and document analysis. Participants included customary elders practitioners within community. The results reveal that is an integral component people's farming, management, hunting practices. Shifts related now contribute wildfires, resulting degradation essential natural resources. These wildfires stem from both internal community dynamics external factors. Addressing challenges inherent indigenous critical for sustainable livelihood ecological, socio-cultural, economic functions Wasur National Park

Language: Английский

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