Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation
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Working with indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature's linkages with people
A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline.
Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development.
References
The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America
New perspectives for stingless beekeeping in the yucatan: results of an integral program to rescue and promote the activity
Traditional beekeeping of stingless bee ( Trigona sp) by Kani tribes of Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India
The traditional knowledge on stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponina) used by the Enawene-Nawe tribe in western Brazil
Sweet, sticky, and sustainable social business
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Frequently Asked Questions (16)
Q2. How many species are used by IPLCs to classify?
205 ecological and behavioural characteristics as well as seasonal occurrence are used by IPLCs to classify 206 different plant and animal species, resulting in unique understandings of the systems of life45,46.
Q3. What is the role of the IPLCs in reducing pollinators?
Invasive species, such as African and European bees, are recognised 174 by IPLCs in South and Central America as driving declines in native pollinators and their products, 175 including stingless bee honey10.
Q4. What is the role of the FAO in promoting pollinator-friendly farming?
Participatory evaluation of pollinator-friendly farming 321 practices has been used by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) as an 322 effective framework for co-producing knowledge between scientists and farmers63.
Q5. What is the key requirement for the UN?
The United Nations 402 recognizes that no formal definition of whom are indigenous peoples and/or local 403 communities is needed—self-identification is the key requirement.
Q6. What are examples of cultural heritage that rely on pollinator-dependent resources?
Examples of Intangible 94 Cultural Heritage that rely on pollinator-dependent resources include knotted bag-making by forest 95 peoples of Papua, and barkcloth-making by the Baganda people in Uganda.
Q7. How many peoples are deeply grateful for their contributions?
Their contributions to the sustainable use and 440 conservation of biocultural diversity over millennia benefits many peoples globally, and the authors are 441 deeply grateful.
Q8. What are the main reasons why traditional farming systems are undervalued?
Traditional 163 farming systems are undervalued relative to commercial, industrial and trade-oriented resource 164 exploitation of the same spaces, despite the ecosystem services that traditional farming protects.
Q9. Who provided the knowledge and practices underpinning conservation of pollinators?
The authors thank the indigenous peoples and local communities globally who provided their knowledge of 438 practices and philosophies underpinning conservation of pollinators and pollination to the hundreds 43913of publications that the authors reviewed for this article.
Q10. What is the 550 historical political ecology of Tsimane' lands?
Indigenous land reconfiguration and fragmented institutions: A 550 historical political ecology of Tsimane' lands (Bolivian Amazon).
Q11. What are the common land tenure systems in the Philippines?
Land tenure systems are often multi-layered, for example in the 138 Philippines people can have tenure rights to communal, corporate and individual lands30.
Q12. What are examples of sites that recognise biocultural approaches?
Examples of sites that recognise biocultural approaches include the Coffee Cultural 101 Landscape of Colombia, and the Osun Sacred Grove protected by Yoruba peoples near Osogbo, 102 Nigeria.
Q13. What was the final step to enable this analysis?
The final steps to enable this analysis involved firstly updating 422 the review with publications since 2015 (the cut-off date for the IPBES pollination report), and 423 heritage sites and elements listed in 2016-17; and secondly re-analysing the data gathered through 424 the dialogues11 and literature to respond to all elements of the IPBES CF.
Q14. What are the three groups considered to be part of the NCP approach?
Their analysis identified three such bundles or 236 groups that are considered NCP as part of, and ways to foster, biocultural approaches to pollinator 237 conservation: (1) the practice of valuing diversity and fostering biocultural diversity; (2) landscape 238 management practices; and (3) diversified farming systems.
Q15. What was the first step in the IPBES global pollination assessment?
a global call was issued for indigenous and local knowledge holders from IPLCs and 385 experts who wished to contribute information relevant to pollinators and pollination, to participate 386 in global and community dialogues.
Q16. How did the IPBES global pollination 377 assessment achieve such engagement?
While the IPBES global pollination 377 assessment did not fully succeed in achieving such engagement, as knowledge-holders and their 378 institutions were not involved in the latter parts of the assessment, several methods, including 379 global and community dialogues in the early phases and tailored literature analyses, ensured a high-380 degree of rigour in their approach to working with ILK 67.