03445oam 2200433Ia 450 991069745900332120080828103638.0(CKB)5470000002388352(OCoLC)234381274(EXLCZ)99547000000238835220080722d2008 ua 0engurmn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTraditional and local ecological knowledge about forest biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest[electronic resource] /Susan Charnley, A. Paige Fischer, and Eric T. JonesPortland, OR :U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station,[2008]52 pages digital, PDF fileGeneral technical report PNW ;GTR-751Title from title screen (viewed on July 22, 2008)."April 2008."Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-52).This paper synthesizes the existing literature about traditional and local ecological knowledge relating to biodiversity in Pacific Northwest forests in order to assess what is needed to apply this knowledge to forest biodiversity conservation efforts. We address four topics: (1) views and values people have relating to biodiversity, (2) the resource use and management practices of local forest users and their effects on biodiversity, (3) methods and models for integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into biodiversity conservation on public and private lands, and (4) challenges to applying traditional and local ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation. We focus on the ecological knowledge of three groups who inhabit the region: American Indians, family forest owners, and commercial nontimber forest product (NTFP) harvesters. Integrating traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest biodiversity conservation is most likely to be successful if the knowledge holders are directly engaged with forest managers and western scientists in on-the-ground projects in which interaction and knowledge sharing occur. Three things important to the success of such efforts are understanding the communication styles of knowledge holders, establishing a foundation of trust to work from, and identifying mutual benefits from knowledge sharing that create an incentive to collaborate for biodiversity conservation. Although several promising models exist for how to integrate traditional and local ecological knowledge into forest management, a number of social, economic, and policy constraints have prevented this knowledge from flourishing and being applied. These constraints should be addressed alongside any strategy for knowledge integration.Traditional ecological knowledgeNorthwest, PacificForest biodiversityNorthwest, PacificTraditional ecological knowledgeForest biodiversityCharnley Susan1380708Fischer A. Paige(Alexandra Paige)1402264Jones Eric T.1965-1384544Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)EJBEJBGPOBOOK9910697459003321Traditional and local ecological knowledge about forest biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest3472407UNINA