An analysis of indigenous knowledge systems: implications for agricultural extension education with particular reference to natural resource management in Zimbabwe

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Nyembezi Muchena
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Extension Education ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Agricultural Extension Education

Identifying Training Needs to Improve Indigenous Community Representatives Input into Environmental Resource Management Consultative Processes: A case study of the Bundjalung Nation

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lloyd ◽  
Fiona Norrie
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Australian Aboriginal ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems

AbstractDespite increased engagement of Indigenous representatives as participants on consultative panels charged with processes of natural resource management, concerns have been raised by both Indigenous representatives and management agencies regarding the ability of Indigenous people to have quality input into the decisions these processes produce. In order to determine how to more effectively engage Australian Aboriginal peoples in the management process, this article describes the results of interviews with Elders of the Bundjalung Nation and other community representatives who represent their community's interests on natural resource management boards within their traditional country. Community representatives identified the factors they considered important in understanding natural resource management and administrative processes and where training would enable them to make a significant contribution to the consultation process. It also highlighted a need for non-Indigenous managers to gain a greater understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems and protocols.

Social principles for agricultural extension to assist in the promotion of natural resource management

2004 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Vanclay
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Social Basis ◽  
The Social

An understanding of social issues, the social nature of farming, and the social basis of adoption is needed if agricultural extension is to be effective in addressing natural resource management issues, and in promoting sustainability in its triple bottom line conceptualisation. Twenty-seven principles are presented here, with the key principles being: awareness of farming as a social activity; recognition of the social diversity of farmers and the social drivers in agriculture; and the socio-cultural basis of adoption.

Experts' Perspectives on the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and Science in Wet Tropics Natural Resource Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Gratani ◽  
Erin L. Bohensky ◽  
James R.A. Butler ◽  
Stephen G. Sutton ◽  
Simon Foale
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Wet Tropics
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