Guidelines for cross‐cultural Participatory Action Research partnerships: A case study of a customary seabird harvest in New Zealand
| Autor: | Henrik Moller, Philip O'Blyver, Corey Bragg, Jamie Newman, Rosemary Clucas, David Fletcher, Jane Kitson, Sam McKechnie, Darren Scott, null Rakiura Titi Islands Administering |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 36:211-241 |
| ISSN: | 1175-8821 0301-4223 |
| Popis: | Adaptive co‐management and Participatory Action Research (PAR) promotes social ecological resilience by simultaneously protecting wildlife and its habitat and promoting capacity and motivation for sustainable harvest management by communities. We report here on a case study of learning through a partnership (1994–2009) between science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to determine the sustainability of titi (sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus) harvests by Rakiura Maori in southern New Zealand. Testimony of Maori elders and titi harvesters (birders), members of the Rakiura Titi Islands Administering Body, researchers and participants in workshops and meetings were recorded throughout the 14‐year research project to identify critical determinants of success of the partnership. A large majority of participants supported the research, mainly because it expanded their knowledge by investigating the reasons for declining bird numbers and the means of ensuring the continuation of their muttonbi... |
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