Ethnoecology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnoecology write by Ted L. Gragson. This book was released on 1999. Ethnoecology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scholars studying the ecology of specific areas often fail to take into account the presence of humans in those environments. People not only are fundamental components of an ecosystem but possess a unique understanding of its nature. This book examines subjects ranging from pastoralism to the use of medicinal plants to show that understanding the knowledge system of any people is essential to understanding their relation to their environment. Using cases from the American Southwest and Pacific Northwest, the Highland Maya Region of Central America, and the Lowland and Andean regions of South America, the contributors examine the relation of humans and environment within the context of each local system’s beliefs, values, and knowledge. All emphasize the practical and cultural significance of indigenous knowledge of the environment and the importance of comparing this knowledge to scientific understanding prior to initiating development or conservation programs. They also contribute to a theoretical approach that allows findings to be applied across studies, regardless of ethnographic differences.
Ethnoecology
Ethnoecology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnoecology write by Virginia D. Nazarea. This book was released on 1999-01-01. Ethnoecology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The re-emerging field of ethnoecology offers a promising way to document and analyze human-environment interactions. Case studies by international experts explore the varied views of scholars on the human dimension of conservation and the different views of local peoples regarding their own environments. Filled with peoples' voices from North and South America, Africa, and Asia, these cases cover a range of issues: natural resource conservation and sustainable development, the relationship between local knowledge and biodiversity, the role of the commons in development, and the importance of diversity and equity in environmental management. Ethnoecology: Situated Knowledge/Located Lives is intended for a wide range of specialists not only in social and natural sciences but also in agricultural studies. It conveys the overriding importance of this powerful methodological approach in providing insiders' perspectives on their environments and how they manage them.
Landscape Ethnoecology
Landscape Ethnoecology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Landscape Ethnoecology write by Leslie Main Johnson. This book was released on 2012. Landscape Ethnoecology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored "place" in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of "kinds of place," or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective. In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated in order to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic resources. The contributors go beyond the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) literature and offer valuable insights on ecology and on land and resources management, emphasizing the perception of landscape above the level of species and their folk classification. Focusing on the ways traditional people perceive and manage land and biotic resources within diverse regional and cultural settings, the contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies from North America, Mexico, Amazonia, tropical Asia, Africa and Europe.
Wapishana Ethnoecology
Wapishana Ethnoecology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wapishana Ethnoecology write by Thomas Henfrey. This book was released on 2018-05-25. Wapishana Ethnoecology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This landmark monograph in ethnoecology is now available in print format for the first time. Based on long-term fieldwork in Guyana during 1998, 1999 and 2000, it examines relationships between the ecological knowledge of Wapishana hunters and equivalent areas of ecological science. It places this in the ethnographic context of Wapishana settlement, subsistence and symbolism, and the wider context of the political ecology of Guyanas economic liberalisation and the consequent exposure of the indigenous peoples of Guyanas Rupununi region to extractive industries and international conservation interests for the first time. The result is a robust argument, grounded in extensive data and analysis, for alternative trajectories in conservation and international development rooted in the skills, knowledge and interests of indigenous users and custodians of biodiversity.
Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya
Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya write by John Richard Stepp. This book was released on 2018-10-23. Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecological knowledge and the environment. The biodiversity of the region remains among the highest in the world, comprising more than 9000 plant species. Over 1600 employed for medicinal uses and knowledge for approximately 600 species is widespread. Medicinal plants play an overwhelmingly primary role in the daily health care of the Highland Maya. Three principal objectives are addressed: 1) identifying which medicinal plants are used; 2) determining the role of environmental variation on use and selection of medicinal plants; and 3) identifying which habitats are preferred for medicinal plant procurement. Findings demonstrate the overwhelming importance of human modified environments for medicinal plants. Explanations are presented from human ecology and biochemical ecology. Implications for conservation, health and the environment are discussed.
