INDIGENOUS MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILTY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

Meeting sustainable practices is a worldwide necessity in order to address the present issues encountered by the contemporary world. The involvement of indigenous management is essential for ensuring the long-term sustainability. Indigenous management and sustainability are closely linked ideas that emphasize the significance of indigenous knowledge, practices, and values in fostering the enduring welfare of ecosystems and communities. Indigenous management practices are founded on a profound comprehension of local ecosystems. Given the present global circumstances, it is crucial to examine and investigate the potential of indigenous management and knowledge systems in order to understand their role in promoting sustainability. This review study was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) technique, which involved doing a systematic literature review (SLR). The VOSviewer program was utilized to conduct keyword co-occurrence analysis, which unveiled the specific research areas requiring concentration. The Scopus database was utilized to download articles in order to assure the high quality of the information included in this conceptual paper. The keywords that are least studied in relation to indigenous management and sustainability are social and ecological resilience, as well as traditional medicine. Approximately 70% of the publications published pertain to the topic areas of agriculture, social sciences, and environmental studies. Based on the cluster analysis, two themes were developed, Indigenous Management in Natural Environment and Sustainability and Indigenous Management in Traditional Medicine and Sustainability. There is a significant void in various sectors when it comes to investigating the influence of indigenous management practices on sustainability. Moreover, it is imperative to examine the influence of indigenous knowledge on contemporary management education and the interconnectedness between the two.