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Participation in Biocultural Diversity Conservation: Insights from Five Amazonian Examples

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The past three decades have seen the emergence of myriads of initiatives focused on conserving, revitalizing, and maintaining Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) as part of biocultural approaches to conservation. However, the extent to which these efforts have been participatory has been often overlooked. In this chapter, we focus on five prominent ILK conservation initiatives in the Amazon Basin to examine the participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in ILK conservation. Our review illustrates several examples of ILK conservation initiatives offering substantial opportunities for meaningful IPLC participation over the long term. Overall, our case studies suggest that the development of robust and inclusive decision-making processes is essential to optimize IPLC participation in ILK conservation, thereby increasing the legitimacy of these initiatives. Our review is not an exhaustive account of the breadth and depth of all initiatives promoting participatory biocultural conservation in this region, but it illustrates that there are many strategies that can help foster IPLC engagement and lead the participatory turn in biocultural conservation.

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We dedicate this work to all the Indigenous communities in the Amazon and beyond who are working to strengthen and revitalize their knowledge systems. Research leading to this work has received funding from the Academy of Finland (grant agreement nr. 311176), the Kone Foundation, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (contract grant BES-2015-072155) and the European Research Council (ERC) under grant agreement No 771056-LICCI-ERC-2017-COG. This work contributes to the “María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence” (MdM-2015-0552).

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Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Benyei, P., Junqueira, A.B., Reyes-García, V. (2020). Participation in Biocultural Diversity Conservation: Insights from Five Amazonian Examples. In: Baldauf, C. (eds) Participatory Biodiversity Conservation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41686-7_11

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