Beyond Conservation:Working Respectfully with Indigenous People and Their Knowledge Systems

This toolkit is part of the IPCA Knoweldge Basket.

This toolkit was developed by the IPCA Knowledge Basket, offering guidance to prepare you for the work of weaving multiple ways of knowing, and of working respectfully with Indigenous Peoples and their Knowledge Systems. Decolonizing collaboration, research, and conservation and stewardship is an ongoing effort that will continue for generations to come. It requires a certain readiness on the part of non-Indigenous people that is rooted in humility, curiosity, a willingness to learn and change, and a clearly expressed intention to embrace other ways of knowing. This toolkit section outlines a very small portion of what is required to decolonize our work to protect and preserve the natural world.