Community-Based Monitoring as the practice of Indigenous governance: A case study of Indigenous-led water quality monitoring in the Yukon River Basin

摘要

This case study of ION highlights the importance of a governance lens for understanding Indigenous peoples' participation in CBM programs. While the inclusion of IK in monitoring is a priority for Indigenous peoples, it is imperative not to limit their role in CBM to that of 'knowledge holders,' though IK does contribute to improved understanding of global environmental change, as it obscures Indigenous people's motivations for engaging in CBM. Other scholars have similarly acknowledged that CBM is highly political and can work counter to the goals of local and Indigenous peoples (Noble and Birk, 2011; Staddon et al., 2014), and that weakness of linkages between CBM and decision-making are common (Buckland-Nicks et al., 2016; Buytaert et al., 2016; Conrad and Hilchey, 2011; Hunsberger, 2004).