A1 Journal article (refereed)
Potential for cascading impacts of environmental change and policy on indigenous culture (2022)

Yletyinen, J., Tylianakis, J. M., Stone, C., & Lyver, P. O. (2022). Potential for cascading impacts of environmental change and policy on indigenous culture. Ambio, 51(5), 1110-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01670-3

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Yletyinen, Johanna; Tylianakis, Jason M.; Stone, Clive; Lyver, Phil O’B.

Journal or series: Ambio

ISSN: 0044-7447

eISSN: 1654-7209

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 15/01/2022

Volume: 51

Issue number: 5

Pages range: 1110-1122

Publisher: Springer

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01670-3

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/79399

Abstract

Global environmental and societal changes threaten the cultures of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC). Despite the importance of IPLC worldviews and knowledge to sustaining human well-being and biodiversity, risks to these cultural resources are commonly neglected in environmental governance, in part because impacts can be indirect and therefore difficult to evaluate. Here, we investigate the connectivity of values associated with the relationship Ngātiwai (a New Zealand Māori tribe) have with their environment. We show that mapping the architecture of values-environment relationships enables assessment of how deep into culture the impacts of environmental change or policy can cascade. Our results detail how loss of access to key environmental elements could potentially have extensive direct and cascading impacts on the cultural values of Ngātiwai, including environmental responsibilities. Thus, considering only direct effects of environmental change or policy on cultural resources, or treating IPLC social-ecological relations simplistically, can severely underestimate threats to cultures.

Keywords: indigenous peoples; Maoris; cultural heritage; nature values; relation to nature; local communities; social networks; environmental changes

Free keywords: cultural heritage; environmental values; indigenous peoples; local communities; networks; social-ecological systems

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Reporting Year: 2022

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