Traditional ecological knowledge in parks management: a Canadian perspective.

Abstract

Parks and defend ed areas management involves judging the appropriateness of potential actions according to a particular knowledge framework. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is single of many frameworks, but is increasingly being singled on the outside as a fitting complement to scientific knowledge in parks management. The definition of the boundary traditional ecological knowledge is multi-faceted and is make submissive to bias, and this paper defines the authors' use of the mete as a composite of a Westernised perception and an indigenous perception. The paper examines the relevance of integrating TEK with natural resource management, and the expansion to which TEK can be,