TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goerg, Christoph
A1  - Spangenberg, Joachim H.
A1  - Tekken, Vera
A1  - Burkhard, Benjamin
A1  - Da Thanh Truong, 
A1  - Escalada, Monina
A1  - Heong, Kong Luen
A1  - Arida, Gertrudo
A1  - Marquez, Leonardo V.
A1  - Bustamante, Jesus Victor
A1  - Ho Van Chien, 
A1  - Klotzbuecher, Thimo
A1  - Marxen, Anika
A1  - Nguyen Hung Man, 
A1  - Nguyen Van Sinh, 
A1  - Villareal, Sylvia (Bong)
A1  - Settele, Josef
T1  - Engaging local knowledge in biodiversity research: experiences from large inter- and transdisciplinary projects
JF  - Interdisciplinary science reviews
N2  - The management of biodiversity represents a research topic that needs to involve not only several (sub-) disciplines from the natural sciences but, in particular, also the social sciences and humanities. Furthermore, over the last couple of years, the need for the integration of other kinds of knowledge (experience based or indigenous knowledge) is increasingly acknowledged. For instance, the incorporation of such knowledge is indispensable for place-based approaches to sustainable land management, which require that the specific ecological and social context is addressed. However, desirable as it may be, such an engagement of the holders of tacit knowledge is not easy to achieve. It demands reconciling well-established scientific procedural standards with the implicit or explicit criteria of relevance that apply in civil society a process that typically causes severe tensions and comes up against both habitual as well as institutional constraints. The difficulty of managing such tensions is amplified particularly in large integrated projects and represents a major challenge to project management. At the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, several integrated research projects have been conducted over the past years in which experience has been gained with these specific challenges. This paper presents some of the lessons learned from large integrated projects, with an emphasis on project design and management structure. At the centre of the present contribution are experiences gained in the coordination and management of LEGATO (LEGATO stands for Land-use intensity and Ecological EnGineering - Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems, see www.legato-project.net), an ongoing, large-scale, inter- and transdisciplinary research project dealing with the management of irrigated rice landscapes in Southeast Asia. In this project, local expertise on traditional production systems is absolutely crucial but needs to be integrated with natural and social science research to identify future-proof land management systems.
KW  - inter- and transdisciplinarity
KW  - biodiversity and ecosystem services
KW  - stakeholder participation
KW  - knowledge integration
KW  - project coordination
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1179/0308018814Z.00000000095
SN  - 0308-0188
SN  - 1743-2790
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
SP  - 323
EP  - 341
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Leeds
ER  -