Mohsen Ebrahimi; Mehrdad Arabestani
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Fishing has been one of the most important sources of livelihood among the coastal societies of the Persian Gulf, and seafood constitutes a major food source of the people. The people apply different techniques of fishing among them; Gargur is the most common and is deeply rooted in the organic relationship ...
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Fishing has been one of the most important sources of livelihood among the coastal societies of the Persian Gulf, and seafood constitutes a major food source of the people. The people apply different techniques of fishing among them; Gargur is the most common and is deeply rooted in the organic relationship between the people and the environment. Through looking at this fishing method as a “total social fact,” this article intends to study this technique, the production of its tool (Gargur), and the cultural and social relationships that are formed around this fishing method. On the other hand, increasing the application of industrial fishing methods such as trawling caused considerable damage to sea resources and led to unsustainable development. The article also intends to investigate the ways of increasing the efficacy of Gargur fishing and promote it as a sustainable alternative to industrial fishing in order to, at least, reduce the unfavorable effects of industrial fishing such as trawling.
Mohammad Ebrahim Banihabib
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In arid and semi-arid areas, water shortage leads people to the creation of traditional water management appropriate to local characteristics. Iran is one of the oldest civilizations of the world that has a unique water supply system according to social, cultural and climate condition. Indigenous ...
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In arid and semi-arid areas, water shortage leads people to the creation of traditional water management appropriate to local characteristics. Iran is one of the oldest civilizations of the world that has a unique water supply system according to social, cultural and climate condition. Indigenous knowledge-based management systems were replaced with modern management systems, and due to non-compliance modern technologies with social and environmental conditions of region, many problems have been created. The purpose of this paper was to combine traditional and modern governance rules for development of groundwater governance framework in order to achieve sustainable development. In fact, the use of culture and indigenous knowledge in the field of water resources management and retrieval new issues from new theories of governance can be the missing piece of groundwater management.In this research, the comparison of scientific documents and field observation were used to extract indigenous knowledge of sustainable groundwater governance from aqueducts management. For this purpose, at first we introduced modern system in water governance and then compared common factors with traditional governance to provide a groundwater governance framework adapted to arid and semi-arid regions. Finally, the gaps of traditional governance can be covered by combining with the principles of effective governance and then a management system adapted to climate condition.Dealing effectively with the challenges of the present era and providing appropriate development patterns will be achieved by combining indigenous knowledge with modern management.
Hamidreza Saeedi; Hossein Arzani; Fatemeh Razaghi
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Achieving sustainable development and economic growth of the major goals of all the countries one of the main ways to achieve sustainable development in tribal communities sufficient attention to Indigenous knowledge nomads, especially women. On the basis of this study was to introduce the participant ...
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Achieving sustainable development and economic growth of the major goals of all the countries one of the main ways to achieve sustainable development in tribal communities sufficient attention to Indigenous knowledge nomads, especially women. On the basis of this study was to introduce the participant to describe and explain the role of indigenous knowledge in sustainable development should be Soleimani tribal women. The geographic scope of this research area is Kerman province. The qualitative research method, this method also conducted in-depth interviews and data collection, key questions have been raised about the knowledge of indigenous tribal women. The concluding remarks of the respondents indicate that tribal women Soleimani has an impressive knowledge in relation to the veterinary and animal diseases treatment, processed milk and milk products and handicrafts such as carpets, tent, mat mill Horberry, Mfrshv, Jajim and rugs are inspired by it can be taken in line with the sustainable development of grassland. In tribal societies, the continuous production of a direct relationship between producer and consumer and tribal women and girls as an essential pillar of the social structure and production units are considered nomadic and can achieve sustainable development in the range.
jompor mahmood
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Experiences have manifested that local techniques and indigenous knowledge are the best way for achievement of sustainable livelihood development. The indigenous knowledge is adapted to environmental, social and economic local conditions. It is a part of social and cultural capital of local communities ...
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Experiences have manifested that local techniques and indigenous knowledge are the best way for achievement of sustainable livelihood development. The indigenous knowledge is adapted to environmental, social and economic local conditions. It is a part of social and cultural capital of local communities and can be able to empower these communities. The systems of indigenous knowledge should be seen as a part of national resources. Indigenous knowledge is a key element of essential capital of local people who try to control their own lives. Traditional knowledge is more than a simple compilation of facts drawn from local and often remote environments. It is a complex and sophisticated system of knowledge drawing on centuries of wisdom and experience. It also constantly grows and changes with new information. For using this complicated system, one must include the indigenous peoples themselves as practitioners. Although traditional knowledge systems of indigenous peoples, are highly variable in their content and style, nonetheless all have a great deal to offer in sustaining life on the planet. Most of traditional knowledge systems assume that people are part of the land, rather than they own the land, so they consider themselves as true guardians. The wisdom derived from this philosophy can be used to take advantage when planning for sustainable development. Thus, there is a great benefit to use the two knowledge systems together. This paper debates the importance and role of indigenous knowledge in sustainable development, especially in remote region and rural community in Iran. It introduces some of traditional ways that local people used for irrigation and agriculture in the arid and semi arid zones so qanat or kariz. This ways is smart adaptation to hard environmental conditions and can be applied in development process.
