Indigenous bio-cultural knowledge

Philip A. Clarke John Locke

Indigenous biocultural knowledge (IBK) and Western ecological

knowledge

Overview – IBK hotspots & gaps

Creating social-ecological resilience

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Mapping YarrgaSpiritual – Material – Intellectual – Emotional dimensions of our reality

Cultural Landscape Scales

Primary Substantive Rights

♮ understanding the mandating and enhanced participation in environmental conservation policies and programs

♮ driving their own cultural sciences and cultural practices agendas through these science / conservation relationships

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Yarrga – Nothing

Tacit Knowledge

Concept of tacit knowledge introduced by Michael Polanyi (Hungarian Philosopher)

The enormous unwritten, unspoken, and hidden knowledge that comes from the daily experiences, insights, intuition, observations, internalized

information and emotions

Forming the underlying framework that makes explicit knowledge possible

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Instruments and Drivers

UNDRIP Article #311. Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop

their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, as well as the manifestations of their sciences, technologies and

cultures, including human and genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures,

designs, sports and traditional games and visual and performing arts. They also have the rights to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual

property over such cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions.

UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

14. Respecting and protecting traditional knowledge, in particular that of indigenous peoples; recognising the contribution of traditional knowledge,

particularly with regard to environmental protection and the management of natural resources, and fostering synergies between modern science and local

knowledge

Working On Country + Native Title (Bundle of Rights) + Land and Sea Ranger Programs + Aboriginal Land Trusts

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Where To From Here

Cultural Landscape Scales and Cultural Infrastructure

Right People Who Speak For Country - Customary Laws and Practices - Energy Levels