Incorporación de sistemas de conocimientos locales y tradicionales: nuevos puntos de vista para los servicios ecosistémicos y las colaboraciones transdisciplinarias

This project report describes a transdisciplinary research initiative supported by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) aimed at integrating local and traditional knowledge systems into biodiversity conservation governance across the Americas.

• The project identifies a persistent gap between national biodiversity strategies, such as the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) developed by parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and actual ecosystem management initiatives at local and regional scales. Collaborative conservation efforts are often hindered by power asymmetries that marginalize indigenous and local knowledge.
• The research team implemented 'Communities of Practice Collaborators' (CCP), an innovative co-learning model based on the concept of a 'decentralizing academia'. This model integrates local knowledge keepers, peasants, and academics to negotiate power dynamics in research design and decision-making, recognizing knowledge forms beyond traditional scientific disciplines.
• The project conducted place-based case studies and policy analyses in Canada, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. These studies focused on common themes including state organization, relationships with civil society, and engagement with international and regional organizations.
• The team identified plurality, power asymmetries, and conflict as three key facilitators or barriers to biodiversity conservation. A systematic literature review revealed that many scholars fail to provide clear conceptual or theoretical definitions for these three terms.
• As part of a transdisciplinary effort to center local voices, the project invited community members from Colombia, Chile, and Uruguay to contribute to a forthcoming book titled 'Converging Boundaries: experiencias transdisciplinarias desde las prácticas de conservación de la biodiversidad en las Américas'. This resulted in 25 chapter proposals consisting of testimonies, poems, autobiographies, and photo-narratives.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Incorporación de sistemas de conocimientos locales y tradicionales: nuevos puntos de vista para los servicios ecosistémicos y las colaboraciones transdisciplinarias. https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_072_es_merged.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Incorporación de sistemas de conocimientos locales y tradicionales: nuevos puntos de vista para los servicios ecosistémicos y las colaboraciones transdisciplinarias. n.d. https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_072_es_merged.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndincorporacin, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Incorporación de sistemas de conocimientos locales y tradicionales: nuevos puntos de vista para los servicios ecosistémicos y las colaboraciones transdisciplinarias}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/pdf/es/ProjectBrief_072_es_merged.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }