No.255 Seminar ： Between Local Knowledge and Science in Wildlife Conservation: How Can They Team Up?
- Shun HONGO Junior Associate Professor , Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
- 2024/10/01 4:45pm
- Research Administration Building, Basement Floor (Conference Rooms 1&2)
- English
- Onsite
Summary
Biodiversity loss is a global environmental problem along with climate change. In tropical rainforest areas with the highest biodiversity on earth, hunting by local people for meat consumption and trade is one of the main risks of extinction and population decline for medium- to large-sized animals, notably mammals. Management of local hunting is, therefore, an urgent need for conservation of wildlife diversity, local livelihoods and cultural diversity. In order for hunting management to be carried out sustainably by locals, we need a “coproduction” approach that successfully combines local knowledge of hunters with science, rather than the “top-down” approach where scientists and conservation administrations rely solely on scientific evidence. In this seminar, I will overview the history of cooperation and failure between local knowledge and science in wildlife conservation, introduce my research, and discuss how these two knowledge systems and stakeholders can cooperate.