What does this mean? Whats mainstream mean in this context?
Some of the writing is bloody odd as read in English.
Is it possibly a translation?

“However, the pressures on biodiversity from direct drivers of change are unlikely to be reduced and so progress has been negative for indigenous and local knowledge, …”.
What? Non sensical.

Just as an aside, it would at first glance seem very reasonable to think local knowledge is a damn useful thing. And it may well be.
I just wonder wether this has been tested for confirmation.
If a local is a non academic, all sorts of crap may come into play and data could be incorrect.
I wouldnt trust the average farmer to understand fuck all about the soil, the weather, the climate, flora, fauna, or anything else really. People believe utter crap through
naiveté, false first and second person observation, folklore, bad science, creeping normalisation etc.
Australian farmers would be the last people to consult about farmland and bio diversity.
More better asking a deep sea fisherman!
What im saying is that time spent in an environment shouldnt automaticly equate to knowledge.
Id be testing this local knowledge thingie before trusting it anyway.
Im a local in my area, obviously. I will swear in court there has been a massive decline of a certain lizard in the last 10 years. Theres an established mechanism that could and should cause decline. Hardly never see em now.
But because i dont do grids, transects, trapping and whatnot, there might not be any decline at all. I wouldnt take my own word for it! Lol.