Scientists' warning to humanity on threats to indigenous and local knowledge systems
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Armstrong, Geralda Chelsey
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Lepofsky, Dana
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Lertzman, Ken
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Llamazares, Álvaro Fernández
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et al
2021
The knowledge systmes and practices of Indigenous peoples and local communities play a critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization government policies, capitalism, colonialism and other rapid social-ecological changes threaten the relationships between indigenous peoples and local communities and their environments, thereby challenging the continuity and dynamism if indigenous and local knowledge