Australian Indigenous insights into ecosystem services: Beyond services towards connectedness – People, place and time

Natalie Stoeckl; Diane Jarvis; Silva Larson; Anna Larson; Daniel Grainger; Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101341

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Australian Indigenous insights into ecosystem services: Beyond services towards connectedness – People, place and time

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Australian Indigenous insights into ecosystem services: Beyond services towards connectedness – People, place and time

Natalie Stoeckl, Diane Jarvis, Silva Larson, Anna Larson, Daniel Grainger and Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation

Ecosystem Services, Vol.50, pp.1-10

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101341

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Abstract

Aboriginal Australian cultural connections to Country

Accounting for ecosystem service values

Caring for Country

Ecosystem services

Reciprocal norms and the people-nature relationship

UniSC Diversity Area - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment focused attention on benefit flows from ecosystems to humans, although nowadays, ecosystem service (ES) researchers typically acknowledge reciprocal flows from humans to nature and there is growing recognition of the need to better incorporate insights from other cultures. We set out to do this, giving primacy to the voice of an Australian Aboriginal group during a workshop that developed an (Aboriginal) model of the nature-people relationship. ES were a component of the model, but the Aboriginal model was not ‘atomistic’ (with separable parcels of land, separable ES, or separable individuals who are not part of community); it focused primarily on connections between and within the human and natural systems. Temporal dimensions were considerably longer than those commonly considered by Western scientists, feelings and spirituality were central, and stewardship activities were highlighted as not only improving the environment but also directly improving wellbeing. Evidently, Country needs to be looked after the ‘right way’; it is not enough to simply account for the ES values that are generated or the stewardship activities that are undertaken (e.g. controlling weeds); one also needs to record how this is done (e.g. with respect) and by whom (e.g. traditional owners).

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Title: Australian Indigenous insights into ecosystem services: Beyond services towards connectedness – People, place and time
Authors: Natalie Stoeckl (Author) - University of Tasmania
Diane Jarvis (Author) - James Cook University
Silva Larson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Anna Larson (Author) - The University of Adelaide
Daniel Grainger (Author) - James Cook University
Ewamian Aboriginal Corporation (Institution)
Publication details: Ecosystem Services, Vol.50, pp.1-10
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101341
ISSN: 2212-0416
Copyright note: Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99575107802621
Output Type: Journal article