Reimagining the relationship between Gondwanan forests and Aboriginal land management in Australia's 'Wet Tropics'
| Autor: | Alice Buhrich, Andrew Fairbairn, Richard Cosgrove, Patrick Roberts, Nicole Boivin, Desley Mosquito, Gerry Turpin, Barry Hunter, Victor Lery Caetano-Andrade, Asa Ferrier, S. Anna Florin, Nils Vanwezer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Runaway climate change Ethnobotany Land management Plant Biology Nature Conservation Review 02 engineering and technology Rainforest 03 medical and health sciences 11. Sustainability Traditional knowledge lcsh:Science Agricultural Science Multidisciplinary business.industry Plant Ecology Environmental resource management Botany Environmental Resource Biological Sciences 15. Life on land 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Plant ecology Cultural heritage 030104 developmental biology 13. Climate action Sustainable management Environmental Science lcsh:Q 0210 nano-technology business Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | iScience iScience, Vol 24, Iss 3, Pp 102190-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2589-0042 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102190 |
| Popis: | Summary The “Wet Tropics” of Australia host a unique variety of plant lineages that trace their origins to the super-continent of Gondwanaland. While these “ancient” evolutionary records are rightly emphasized in current management of the region, multidisciplinary research and lobbying by Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples have also demonstrated the significance of the cultural heritage of the “Wet Tropics.” Here, we evaluate the existing archeological, paleoenvironmental, and historical evidence to demonstrate the diverse ways in which these forests are globally significant, not only for their ecological heritage but also for their preservation of traces of millennia of anthropogenic activities, including active burning and food tree manipulation. We argue that detailed paleoecological, ethnobotanical, and archeological studies, working within the framework of growing national and world heritage initiatives and active application of traditional knowledge, offer the best opportunities for sustainable management of these unique environments in the face of increasingly catastrophic climate change and bushfires. Graphical abstract Environmental Science; Environmental Monitoring; Nature Conservation; Environmental Resource; Biological Sciences; Plant Biology; Botany; Plant Ecology; Ethnobotany; Agricultural Science |
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