학술논문

Potential for cascading impacts of environmental change and policy on indigenous culture
Document Type
Report
Source
Ambio. May, 2022, Vol. 51 Issue 5, p1110, 13 p.
Subject
New Zealand
Language
English
ISSN
0044-7447
Abstract
Keywords: Cultural heritage; Environmental values; Indigenous peoples; Local communities; Networks; Social-ecological systems Abstract Global environmental and societal changes threaten the cultures of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC). Despite the importance of IPLC worldviews and knowledge to sustaining human well-being and biodiversity, risks to these cultural resources are commonly neglected in environmental governance, in part because impacts can be indirect and therefore difficult to evaluate. Here, we investigate the connectivity of values associated with the relationship NgÄtiwai (a New Zealand MÄori tribe) have with their environment. We show that mapping the architecture of values-environment relationships enables assessment of how deep into culture the impacts of environmental change or policy can cascade. Our results detail how loss of access to key environmental elements could potentially have extensive direct and cascading impacts on the cultural values of NgÄtiwai, including environmental responsibilities. Thus, considering only direct effects of environmental change or policy on cultural resources, or treating IPLC social-ecological relations simplistically, can severely underestimate threats to cultures. Author Affiliation: (1) School of Resource Wisdom, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland (2) School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, 8140, Christchurch, New Zealand (3) Stone Consultants, 2280 Russell Road, RD4, Hikurangi, Northland, New Zealand (4) Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., PO Box 69040, 7640, Lincoln, New Zealand (a) johanna.k.yletyinen@jyu.fi Article History: Registration Date: 11/10/2021 Received Date: 05/28/2021 Accepted Date: 10/11/2021 Online Date: 01/15/2022 Byline: