干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Desert knowledge: integrating knowledge and development in arid and semi-arid drylands

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DOI	10.1007/s10708-009-9279-4
	Desert knowledge: integrating knowledge and development in arid and semi-arid drylands
	Davies, Jocelyn; Holcombe, Sarah
通讯作者	Davies, J
来源期刊	GEOJOURNAL
ISSN	0343-2521
EISSN	1572-9893
出版年	2009
卷号	74 期号:5 页码:363-375
英文摘要	Globalisation presents particular challenges for deserts given that their sparse populations, which are amongst the world's poorest in an absolute economic sense, tend to be remote from major markets and have only a distant, marginal voice in political and policy decision making. Here we are defining deserts as the arid and semi-arid drylands that encompass 70% of Australia and 25% of the world's land surfaces. The value of the knowledge that local traditions and science have generated about living sustainably in deserts is being promoted and extended through the 'desert knowledge' movement in Australia. The Australian research reported here, together with a contribution from Niger that offers a contrast and some lessons for Australia, is largely underpinned by a neopopulist paradigm of development stressing respect for local knowledge, participatory practice and empowerment. Research in partnership with desert Aboriginal groups is contributing to their engagement with new livelihood opportunities. The local knowledge of livestock graziers is also being engaged to support sustainable management of desert water sources and landscapes for multiple values. The research reported here also addresses opportunities and challenges for local norms, identities, knowledge systems, governance and livelihoods from broader scale processes and institutions. In doing so it contributes to a 'neo- ideographic approach' wherein desert people might better harness their locality, knowledge and diversity in adaptations that shape their encounters with globalisation. It also points to considerable scope to mature such an approach.
英文关键词	Desert Rangeland Neo-populism Traditional knowledge Local knowledge Globalisation Neo ideographic Poverty reduction Multi-functionality Australia Niger Aboriginal Indigenous
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000210507400001
WOS关键词	AUSTRALIA ; BIODIVERSITY ; PASTORALISM ; COMMUNITIES ; LANDSCAPES ; TRANSITION ; VIABILITY ; SCIENCE ; LIFE ; FIRE
WOS类目	Geography
WOS研究方向	Geography
来源机构	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/329156
作者单位	[Davies, Jocelyn; Holcombe, Sarah] CSIRO Sustainable Ecosyst, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Davies, Jocelyn,Holcombe, Sarah. Desert knowledge: integrating knowledge and development in arid and semi-arid drylands[J]. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation,2009,74(5):363-375.
APA	Davies, Jocelyn,&Holcombe, Sarah.(2009).Desert knowledge: integrating knowledge and development in arid and semi-arid drylands.GEOJOURNAL,74(5),363-375.
MLA	Davies, Jocelyn,et al."Desert knowledge: integrating knowledge and development in arid and semi-arid drylands".GEOJOURNAL 74.5(2009):363-375.