Talanoa CircleObserver

Conservation

1Ecological knowledge stories
1Storytellers represented
1Regions represented

Capturing traditional ecological knowledge

Customary resource management, seasonal practices, and sacred protected places — recorded before they are lost with the elders who hold them.

Keeping stewardship local

Communities retain their cultural and ecological knowledge and choose the value of the stories they share.

Honouring customary elders and governance

Recognising elders as ecological authorities and respecting the customary leadership on which lasting conservation depends.