TY  - JOUR
A1  - Giordano, Nina
T1  - Traditional ecological knowledge – a key element of sustainable development
T2  - Journal of International and Digital Communication: Sustainability Perspectives
N2  - Over forty years ago, physicist and deep ecologist Capra indicated: "Ecosystems sustain themselves in a dynamic balance based on cycles and fluctuations, which are nonlinear processes. Linear enterprises, such as indefinite economic and technological growth will necessarily interfere with the natural balance and, sooner or later, will cause severe damage. Ecological awareness, then, will arise only when we combine our rational knowledge with an intuition for the nonlinear nature of our environment. Such intuitive wisdom is characteristic of traditional, non-literate cultures, [...] in which life was organized around a highly refined awareness of environment." Since then, natural ecosystems are being pushed beyond their limits with human societies confronting unprecedented challenges like climate change, species extinctions and pollution. Various approaches like ecological restoration, conservation, renewable energies and car sequestration have been deployed to tackle the global ecological crisis. Yet, a crucial element remains largely overlooked: integrating local and traditional ecological knowledge as well as indigenous perspectives with modern western science to foster environmentally sustainable solutions. This student research paper explores how the concept of traditional ecological knowledge is defined in science, law and policy literatures and what contribution place-based communities such as the artisanal fishery of Chorrillos can serve for improving cooperative environmental and natural resources management. The method applied aims to evaluate existing literature, synthesizing ideas, and critically analyzing the status quo. Subsequently, the paper will provide recommendations for integrating ecological traditional knowledge in legal frameworks and practice through sound policy aimed at sustainable development.
KW  - artisanal fishing
KW  - Chorrillos, Peru
KW  - traditional ecological knowledge
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - Nachhaltigkeit
KW  - Lokales Wissen
KW  - Fischerei
KW  - Handwerk
KW  - Peru
Y1  - 2024
UR  - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1017
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-10172
SN  - 2940-1992
VL  - 2
IS  - 1 (Special Issue)
SP  - 142
EP  - 151
PB  - Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld (Hochschule Trier), Institut für Internationale & Digitale Kommunikation
ER  -