traditional ecological knowledge
truh-DISH-un-ul ee-kuh-LAJ-ih-kul NOL-ij
trəˈdɪʃənəl ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈnɒlɪdʒListen
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the cumulative body of knowledge, practices, and beliefs about the relationships between living beings including humans and their environment that has evolved by adaptive processes and been handed down through generations by cultural transmission; encompasses observations about species behaviour and distribution, land and water management techniques, medicinal plant knowledge, weather prediction, and the ethical frameworks that govern human relationships with the natural world; increasingly recognised in conservation biology, climate adaptation, and environmental governance as a complementary and essential knowledge system alongside Western science
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