Native groups in Belize, Australia and Hawaii are at the center of conservation.
World Ocean Day: Indigenous communities are increasingly teaming up with scientists to conserve marine ecosystemsScientists are increasingly turning to Indigenous communities for marine conservation, leaning toward generational practices to reach environmental goals.
The natural land is embedded into their way of life -- their daily practices, their religion, their culture, their decision-making, said actress and singer Auli'i Cravalho, a Native Hawaiian who grew up on the Big Island.In pockets all over the world, Indigenous communities are teaching scientists to care for the ocean using knowledge passed down over generations.
MORE: The Power of Us: Climate change has disproportionately impacted these vulnerable US communities, experts say MORE: Shark conservation has been so successful that researchers are finding ways to curb human-shark interaction The environment is deeply rooted in Hawaiian culture, whose Native residents practiced sustainability long before the term was ever popularized, Poki said.
"Ancient Hawaiians were, by all account, scientists," Poki said. "They knew everything about the natural world through keen, generational observation." While scientific research is heavily data-reliant, reduction-based and requires ample analysis, incorporating traditional knowledge compliments and amplifies the conservation efforts, Talbot said.
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