# Bird stories to tell the social and environmental changes: a comparative approach in four countries

Chloe Guerbois, Emilie Andrieu, Eric Garine, Anne Sourdril, Jean Wencelius, Marc Deconchat

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Chloe Guerbois, Emilie Andrieu, Eric Garine, Anne Sourdril, Jean Wencelius, et al.. Bird stories to tell the social and environmental changes: a comparative approach in four countries. Resilience 2017: Resilience frontiers for global sustainability, Aug 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. hal-01607607

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# Bird stories to tell the social and environmental changes

Chloé Guerbois, Emilie Andrieux, Eric Garine, Anne Sourdril, Jean Wencelius, Marc Deconchat et al.

Stockholm, Resilience Conference August 2017

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INRA
SCIENCE & IMPACT

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université
Paris Ouest
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Nanterre La Défense

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piaf

# Interdisciplinary programme on indigenous indicators of fauna and flora

Contrasted countries

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FRANCE

ZIMBABWE

PROTECTED

RURAL

URBAN
## Bird stories to tell the social and environmental changes

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*Tyto alba*, an indicator of land-use and social awareness (Fajardo 2001)

"In almost all languages there exists a word with a semantic content similar to *bird* "
(Brown 1979)

"The definition of the current English *bird* is less ambiguous than any other 'life-form' taxon"

(Wierzbicka 1992)
# Bird stories to tell the social and environmental changes

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*Tyto alba*, an indicator of land-use and social awareness (Fajardo 2001)

Birds as bridging agents to foster co-learning ?

"In almost all languages there exists a word with a semantic content similar to bird " (Brown 1979)

"The definition of the current English bird is less ambiguous than any other 'life-form' taxon"

(Wierzbicka 1992)
Birds as bridging agents to foster co-learning?

**Data:** Freelisting interviews (respondents : n<sub>FRANCE</sub>=60, n<sub>ZIM</sub>=95) – *Indicate all names of birds that come to your mind (3)' ?*

→ Number of species cited show similar saturation curves accross sites (PROTECTED, RURAL, URBAN)

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Result 1: Strong commonality in ethnozoological knowledge within sites and accross countries at diversity level
→ The cited species are clustered along a gradient of anthropogenic transformation (PROTECTED, RURAL, URBAN)

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Result 2: Commonality in ethnozoological knowledge within sites and across countries at species level
→ The cited species along a gradient of anthropogenic transformation share similar traits (FRANCE-ZIMBABWE)

DETECTABLE
IN URBAN
AREAS

Trait Index

Singers

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Endangered

Breeding colonies

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Carnivores

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EMBLEMATIC
IN PROTECED
AREAS

Trait Index

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PRO RUR URB

PRO RUR URB

Weight

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PRO RUR URB

Habitat div.

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PRO RUR URB

Diet div.

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PRO RUR URB

**DO NOT MATCH ECOLOGICAL PREDICTIONS**

**Result 3: Some commonalities in ethnozoological knowledge within sites and across countries at trait level**
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## Birds as bridging agents to foster co-learning ?

Knowledge or perceptions related to birds are place-based

BUT

Strong commonalities in local indigenous knowledge that provide many opportunities to foster co-learning in contrasted socio-ecological contexts.

Thank you!

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ZA

Zone Atelier

LTER FRANCE HWANGE

http://www.za-hwange.cnrs.fr

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