The contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to ecological restoration
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC) are affected by global environmental change because they directly rely on their immediate environment for meeting basic livelihood needs. Therefore, safeguarding and restoring ecosystem resilience is critical to support their well‐being. Based on examples from the literature, we illustrate how IPLC participate in restoration activities maintaining traditional practices, restoring land degraded by outsiders, and joining outside groups seeking to restore ecosystems. Our review also provides examples of how Indigenous and Local Knowledge can be incorporated in the planning, execution, and monitoring of restoration activities. However, not all restoration initiatives engaging IPLC are beneficial or successful, and the factors that lead to success are not fully known. While local involvement in restoration projects is often mentioned as an element of success, this is primarily associated to projects that actively involve IPLC in codesigning restoration activities affecting their territories, ensure both short‐term direct benefits to IPLC and long‐term support of the maintenance of restored areas, and recognize IPLC local traditions and customary institutions. Based on these examples, we argue that IPLC should be a more important focus in any post‐2020 CBD agenda on restoration.
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- Authors
- Reyes‐García, V., Fernández‐Llamazares, Á., McElwee, P., Molnár, Z., Öllerer, K., Wilson, S. J., & Brondizio, E. S.
- Affiliations
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research (HU)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Department of Anthropology Indiana University Bloomington IN U.S.A.
- Corresponding author
- Reyes‐García, Victoria
- ORCID
- Venue
- Restoration Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-11-14
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-8
- ISSN
- 1061-2971 (ISSN-L)
- 1526-100X
- OpenAlex
- W2895567201
- Cited by
- 337
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 12.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- ddd.uab.cat
- Licence
- public-domain
- onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
- Locations
- Restoration Ecology (publishedVersion)
- Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
- Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal (GINOP‐2.3.2‐15‐2016‐00019)
- Academy of Finland (311176)
- Koneen Säätiö
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Keywords
- indigenous and local communities, ecological restoration, indigenous and local knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, customary institutions, land degradation, ecosystem resilience, post-2020 global biodiversity framework, restoration success factors
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