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Connecting Diverse Knowledge Systems for Enhanced Ecosystem Governance: The Multiple Evidence Base Approach
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Indigenous and local knowledge systems as well as practitioners' knowledge can provide valid and useful knowledge to enhance our understanding of governance of biodiversity and ecosystems for human well-being. There is, therefore, a great need within emerging global assessment programs, such as the IPBES and other international efforts, to develop functioning mechanisms for legitimate, transparent, and constructive ways of creating synergies across knowledge systems. We present the multiple evidence base (MEB) as an approach that proposes parallels whereby indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems are viewed to generate different manifestations of knowledge, which can generate new insights and innovations through complementarities. MEB emphasizes that evaluation of knowledge occurs primarily within rather than across knowledge systems. MEB on a particular issue creates an enriched picture of understanding, for triangulation and joint assessment of knowledge, and a starting point for further knowledge generation.
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“In their formative writing on multiple evidence base (MEB) approaches, Tengö et al. (2014) identify a need for new tools and approaches for co-developing questions, documenting and mobilizing knowledge, and co-producing insights and decisions-all under the guiding principle of valuing diversity in knowledge systems.”
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“In their view, “a MEB approach emphasizes the complementarity of knowledge systems and the values of letting each knowledge system speak for itself, within its own context, without assigning one dominant knowledge system with the role of external validator” (Tengö et al., 2014).”
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“MEB approaches seek to connect distinct knowledge systems (Alexander et al., 2019), often through parallel lines of Indigenous and Western scientific inquiry (Tengö et al., 2014), but mechanisms and successful examples of this or equivalent approaches in practice, especially in an aquatic or fisheries context, have been few and far between (e.g.Cooke et al., 2020;Laidler, 2006;Mackinson, 2001).”
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Cooke, S. J., Young, N., Alexander, S. M., Kadykalo, A. N., Danylchuk, A. J., Muir, A. M., Hinderer, J. L. M., Cvitanovic, C., & Nguyen, V. M. (2024) · Fisheries · doi:10.1002/fsh.11112 · Cited by 13
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“Today, numerous studies prove that local knowledge reveals aspects of reality that science cannot yet explain [34, 44] and I want to take a step forward from there.”
Knowledge co-production in the Helge å catchment: a comparative analysis
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“In addition, mixed methods provides a more holistic understanding of mangroves across different knowledge systems, used to inform both theory and practice, and aid researchers in navigating the spaces between them (R. B. Johnson & Onwuegbuzie, 2004; Tengö et al., 2014).”
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“…et al. (2013), considered utilization and administration of herbal medicines in aboriginal cultural communities as completely experimental, whereas, Tengö et al. (2014), reported that traditional healing mechanisms required no validation of its phytochemical constituents, since it is trustworthy…”
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Governing the diverse forest: Polycentric climate governance in the Amazon
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How do Indigenous and local knowledge systems respond to climate change?
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“…as systems that are “locally or regionally maintained, adapted, and transmitted both orally and in practice, but [are] also in constant interaction with other forms of knowledge” (Tengö et al. 2014:579) and “incorporate cultural, economic, religious and pragmatic dimensions” (Hill et al. 2020:10).”
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“…ones can be a solution, where horizontal portability complements but does not replace vertical sub-sumption; this reduces challenges to validity (Muhl et al., 2022; Tengö et al., 2014 ). relationship can be shared with diverse groups of people to speak to a conservation challenge in the region.”
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“These valuable contributions are particularly important for fostering synergies across different knowledge systems, such as between local knowledge systems and scientific knowledge systems [12].”
Ethnobiology! Until when will the colonialist legacy be reinforced?
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Enhancing the transformative potential of interventions for the sustainable use of natural resources
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Anticipatory co-governance for human rights to sciences across knowledge systems
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Special Issue on Indigenous knowledge for water-related climate adaptation
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tengö, M., Brondizio, E. S., Elmqvist, T., Malmer, P., & Spierenburg, M.
- Affiliations
- Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Tengö, Maria
- Venue
- AMBIO
- Published
- 2014-03-22
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 579-591
- ISSN
- 0044-7447 (ISSN-L)
- 1654-7209
- PMC
- PMC4132468
- OpenAlex
- W2122925767
- Cited by
- 1,329
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
- 2026: 163 · 2025: 140 · 2024: 122 · 2023: 140 · 2022: 146 · 2021: 152 · 2020: 124 · 2019: 101 · 2018: 89 · 2017: 61 · 2016: 46 · 2015: 34 · 2014: 11
- FWCI
- 43.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- AMBIO (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
- Stiftelsen för Miljöstrategisk Forskning
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Keywords
- indigenous knowledge, local knowledge, scientific knowledge, knowledge integration, ecosystem governance, biodiversity governance, IPBES, knowledge assessment, human well-being, knowledge synergy
- MeSH terms
- Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecosystem, Biodiversity
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