Iniesta-Arandia Irene, García Del Amo David, García-Nieto Ana Paula, Piñeiro Concepción, Montes Carlos, Martín-López Berta
Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Edificio de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c. Darwin 2, 28049, Madrid, Spain,
Ambio. 2015 May;44(4):285-96. doi: 10.1007/s13280-014-0556-1. Epub 2014 Oct 7.
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) has been found to be one of the main bridges to manage biocultural diversity. We analyzed the factors affecting LEK maintenance and transmission in a Mediterranean watershed. We used a mixed methods approach to evaluate the agricultural LEK in three different dimensions: biological, soil and water management, and forecasting. We found that the main factors for its maintenance were the respondent's time living in the area and the social relationships established among farmers, which involved partner collaboration and farmer information exchanges. Protected areas also played a key role for maintaining the LEK associated with soil and water management. Finally, we found that outmigration and mechanization were the most important indirect drivers of change underlying LEK erosion. We suggest that environmental policies should focus on promoting this experiential knowledge, considering both intergenerational renewal and the gendered aspects of this knowledge.
当地生态知识（LEK）已被发现是管理生物文化多样性的主要桥梁之一。我们分析了影响地中海流域LEK维护和传承的因素。我们采用混合方法，从生物、土壤与水资源管理以及预测这三个不同维度评估农业LEK。我们发现，其维护的主要因素是受访者在该地区居住的时间以及农民之间建立的社会关系，其中包括合作伙伴协作和农民之间的信息交流。保护区在维护与土壤和水资源管理相关的LEK方面也发挥了关键作用。最后，我们发现人口外流和机械化是导致LEK流失的最重要的间接变化驱动因素。我们建议环境政策应注重推广这种经验知识，同时考虑代际更新以及这种知识的性别层面。
