Acknowledging Landscape Connection: Using Sense of Place and Cultural and Customary Landscape Management to Enhance Landscape Ecological Theoretical Frameworks

Landscapes are important socio-ecological systems. They widely researched through landscape ecology to aid conservation and environmental management efforts, yet these efforts not always as successful they could be in terms of on-the-ground impact. Increasingly when considering conservation, it is being recognized that indigenously managed landscapes have slower rates biodiversity loss better outcomes. Local knowledge connection the can play a significant part successfully managing landscapes. Acknowledging stewardship more effective people with deep-rooted place for understanding significance traditional ecological implementation indigenous-led action. It has also been shown researchers who stronger sense drive initiatives This means human connections strategies, cognition necessary theoretical frameworks. review paper explores literature acknowledges cultural perspectives how this relates ecology. makes recommendations about contribute towards outcomes by embracing mechanisms collaboration participation incorporate local indigenous knowledge.