Ecosystem-Based Management Tools (EBMTs) are often used by professionals to evaluate the health of specific environments. Often, these tools utilize narrow western metrics of ecosystem health and fail to incorporate Indigenous knowledge. We evaluated ESAT, an EBMT that accounts for Indigenous cultural values. We determined the necessary steps for the tool to be successfully implemented in countries such as the U.S., and we provided insight as to how ESAT can be successfully developed from a technical and functional level.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Rocco, Elizabeth
• Dudlicek, Gabriel R.
• Vu, Tyler N.
• Baldwin, Ashley M.

Subject

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Water
• Community
• Inclusion
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031621-160754
• 5786

Mot-clé

• Ecosystem Health
• Wildlife Conservation
• Cultural Inclusion

Advisor

• Shockey, Ingrid K.
• Looft, Fred J.

Year

• 2021

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Sara Moylan
• Pat van Berkel
• Ocean Mercier

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action
• 14 - Life Below Water
• 15 - Life On Land
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2021-03-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2021-05-03