Assessing multiple benefits of
people-centered biocultural restoration

Felipe Melo

Nottingham Trent University - UK
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Brasil

What are the current challenges of ecological restoration?

  • Improved techniques of restoration 👍
  • Informed planning 👍
  • Geopolitical momentum 👍
  • Environmental justice 👎
  • Ecological knowledge gaps 👎

Traditional Ecological Knowledge - TEK

  • Knowledge frontier
  • De-colonial perspective
  • Would benefit from interdisciplinary
  • Largely related to nature and livelihoods

TEK for Ecology