Indigenous mental models for conceptualizing ecosystem services and benefits
By
Nywaigi Traditional Owners
Summary
This academic paper explores how Indigenous mental models and worldviews can be used to conceptualize and report on ecosystem services and benefits. It builds on previous work examining the relationship between Indigenous peoples (First Nations/Traditional Owners) and Western conceptualizations of nature's services. The paper proposes a circular conceptualization of service flows between Country and people, incorporating dis-services, flows between Country and Country, and external influences. It challenges Western linear frameworks by integrating Indigenous perspectives that recognize reciprocal relationships between people and the environment.
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· 2 pulledCircular conceptualisation of flows of services from Country to people, and from people to Country, that also includes dis-services, flow of services and dis-services from Country to Country, and external influences.
In this paper we build on the previous work that explores relations between Indigenous people (First Nations; Traditional Owners) and the Western conceptualisation of flows of services from nature...
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