08/04/2026
WildTrack constantly strives to build bridges between experts in traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and science. But there's another group of people hiding in plain sight, whose TEK is right there for us if we engage them....children!
This wonderful article from the Society for Conservation Biology writer Pieter-Jan Keleman describes the enlightenment process.
Written by Pieter-Jan Keleman When conservationists think about biodiversity monitoring, they usually picture scientists, park rangers, or experienced fishers. Rarely do they picture children. During fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork between 2021 and 2024 in some mangrove villages of norther...