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Sacred Ecology

Author : Fikret Berkes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136341722
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Ecology written by Fikret Berkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. Berkes explores the importance of local and indigenous knowledge as a complement to scientific ecology, and its cultural and political significance for indigenous groups themselves. This third edition further develops the point that traditional knowledge as process, rather than as content, is what we should be examining. It has been updated with about 150 new references, and includes an extensive list of web resources through which instructors can access additional material and further illustrate many of the topics and themes in the book. Winner of the Ecological Society of America's 2014 Sustainability Science Award.

Sacred Ecology

Author : Fikret Berkes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781560326946
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Ecology written by Fikret Berkes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Berkes approaches traditional ecological knowledge as a knowledge-practice-belief complex. This complex considers four interrelated levels: local knowledge (species specific); resource management systems (integrating local knowledge with practice); social institutions (rules and codes of behavior); and world view (religion, ethics, and broadly defined belief systems). Divided into three parts that deal with concepts, practice, and issues, respectively, the book first discusses the emergence of the field, its intellectual roots and global significance. Substantive material is then included on how traditional ecological and management systems actually work. At the same time it explores a diversity of relationships that different groups have developed with their environment, using extensive case studies from research conducted with the Cree Indians of James Bay, in the eastern subarctic of North America. The final section examines traditional knowledge as a challenge to the positivist-reductionist paradigm in Western science, and concludes with a discussion of the potential of traditional ecological knowledge to inject a measure of ethics into the science of ecology and resource management.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management

Author : Charles R. Menzies
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803207352
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management written by Charles R. Menzies and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management examines how traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is taught and practiced today among Native communities. Of special interest is the complex relationship between indigenous ecological practices and other ways of interacting with the environment, particularly regional and national programs of natural resource management. Focusing primarily on the northwest coast of North America, scholars look at the challenges and opportunities confronting the local practice of indigenous ecological knowledge in a range of communities, including the Tsimshian, the Nisga’a, the Tlingit, the Gitksan, the Kwagult, the Sto:lo, and the northern Dene in the Yukon. The experts consider how traditional knowledge is taught and learned and address the cultural importance of different subsistence practices using natural elements such as seaweed (Gitga’a), pine mushrooms (Tsimshian), and salmon (Tlingit). Several contributors discuss the extent to which national and regional programs of resource management need to include models of TEK in their planning and execution. This volume highlights the different ways of seeing and engaging with the natural world and underscores the need to acknowledge and honor the ways that indigenous peoples have done so for generations.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Resource Management in Asia

Author : Suresh Chand Rai
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031168402
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Resource Management in Asia written by Suresh Chand Rai and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the different ways of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) practices that conserve natural resources sustainably. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), along with synonymous or closely related terms like indigenous knowledge and native science, originates in the literature on international development and adaptive management. Against the backdrop of unprecedented global degradation and reduction in ecosystem services with impacts on human well-being over the last 50 years, there is a growing interest in the role of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) practices and systems of local communities in ensuring the sustainable utilization and management of resources. In this context, this book comprehensively analyzes the important aspects of natural resources in Asia. This book covers a detailed study of the different aspects of natural resources. It is divided into three sections, which deal with varying dimensions of indigenous ecological knowledge of resource management in Asia. The first part reflects upon the concept of traditional ecological knowledge, the second part analyzes the systematic documentation of TEK practices, and the third part deals with policy for governance. This book critically describes and explains the indigenous knowledge about resource management. This book is the ideal text for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research scholars in India and abroad. This book is designed in such a manner that it covers all the aspects of natural resources. It also helps the administrator and policymakers use indigenous knowledge in resource management.

Information Systems and the Environment

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309062438
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Information Systems and the Environment written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-09-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information technology is a powerful tool for meeting environmental objectives and promoting sustainable development. This collection of papers by leaders in industry, government, and academia explores how information technology can improve environmental performance by individual firms, collaborations among firms, and collaborations among firms, government agencies, and academia. Information systems can also be used by nonprofit organizations and the government to inform the public about broad environmental issues and environmental conditions in their neighborhoods. Several papers address the challenges to information management posed by the explosive increase in information and knowledge about environmental issues and potential solutions, including determining what information is environmentally relevant and how it can be used in decision making. In addition, case studies are described and show how industry is using information systems to ensure sustainable development and meet environmental standards. The book also includes examples from the public sector showing how governments use information knowledge systems to disseminate "best practices" beyond big firms to small businesses, and from the world of the Internet showing how knowledge is shared among environmental advocates and the general public.

The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge

Author : Thomas F. Thornton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351983288
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge written by Thomas F. Thornton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge (IEK) and anchors them with brief but well-grounded empirical case studies of relevance for each of these themes, drawn from bioculturally diverse areas around the world. It provides an incisive, cutting-edge overview of the conceptual and philosophical issues, while providing constructive examples of how IEK studies have been implemented to beneficial effect in ecological restoration, stewardship, and governance schemes. Collectively, the chapters in the Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge cover Indigenous Knowledge not only in a wide range of cultures and livelihood contexts, but also in a wide range of environments, including drylands, savannah grassland, tropical forests, mountain landscapes, temperate and boreal forests, Pacific and Indian Ocean islands, and coastal environments. The chapters discuss the complexities and nuances of Indigenous cosmologies and ethno-metaphysics and the treatment and incorporation of IEK in local, national, and international environmental policies. Taken together, the chapters in this volume make a strong case for the potential of Indigenous Knowledge in addressing today’s local and global environmental challenges, especially when approached from a perspective of appreciative inquiry, using cross-cultural methods and ethical, collaborative approaches which limit bias and inappropriate extraction of IEK. The book is a guide for graduate and advanced undergraduate teaching, and a key reference for academics in development studies, environmental studies, geography, anthropology, and beyond, as well as anyone with an interest in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Author : International Program on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 0889366837
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Ecological Knowledge written by International Program on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1993 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Concepts and cases

Lore

Author : Martha Johnson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788170465
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Lore written by Martha Johnson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the results of a workshop on the documentation and application of traditional environmental knowledge through community-based research. The workshop brought together a small number of teams from most regions of the world to discuss effective methods for documenting the unique environmental knowledge and understanding that characterizes the heritage of all indigenous peoples around the world. Includes: Canada1s North (the Dene, reindeer management in the Belcher Islands); the South Pacific (Marovo area of the Solomon islands); the African Sahel (oral history); and Northern Thailand (development). Maps.

Co-management and Traditional Environmental Knowledge

Author : Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Co-management and Traditional Environmental Knowledge written by Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Landscape, Process and Power

Author : Serena Heckler
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 085745613X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Landscape, Process and Power written by Serena Heckler and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions. This has included reassessing notions that scientific methods can accurately elicit and describe TEK or that incorporating it into development projects will improve the physical, social or economic well-being of marginalized peoples. The contributors to this volume argue that to accurately and appropriately describe TEK, the historical and political forces that have shaped it, as well as people's day-to-day engagement with the landscape around them must be taken into account. TEK thus emerges, not as an easily translatable tool for development experts, but as a rich and complex element of contemporary lives that should be defined and managed by indigenous and local peoples themselves.

Environmental Knowledge and Resource Management

Author : Silvia Werner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783798319530
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Knowledge and Resource Management written by Silvia Werner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations

Author : Alan Bicker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135295131
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations written by Alan Bicker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional cultures. In particular they explore the problems of translation and mistranslation in the local-global transference of traditional practices and representations of resources.

Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Federal Natural Resource Management Agencies

Author : Jennifer Sepez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Federal Natural Resource Management Agencies written by Jennifer Sepez and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Networks and Natural Resource Management

Author : Örjan Bodin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139496573
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Social Networks and Natural Resource Management written by Örjan Bodin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Network Analysis (SNA), a quantitative approach to the study of social relations, has recently emerged as a key tool for understanding the governance of natural resources. Bringing together contributions from a range of researchers in the field, this is the first book to fully explore the potential applications of SNA in the context of natural resource management. Topics covered include the role of SNA in stakeholder selection; improving fisheries management and conservation; the effect of social network ties on public satisfaction and agrarian communication networks. Numerous case studies link SNA concepts to the theories underlying natural resource governance, such as social learning, adaptive co-management and social movements theory. Reflecting on the challenges and opportunities associated with this evolving field, this is an ideal resource for students and researchers involved in many areas of natural resource management, environmental biology, sustainability science and sociology.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Author : Robert Earle Johannes
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782880329983
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Ecological Knowledge written by Robert Earle Johannes and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1989 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Pandemics

Author : Ngozi Finette Unuigbe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000368998
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Pandemics written by Ngozi Finette Unuigbe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics. The reduction of species diversity has increased the risk of global pandemics and it is therefore not only imperative to articulate and disseminate knowledge on the linkages between human activities and the transmission of viruses to humans, but also to create policy pathways for operationalizing that knowledge to help solve future problems. Although this book has been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it lays a policy foundation for the effective management or possible prevention of similar pandemics in the future. One effective way of establishing this linkage with a view to promoting planet health is by understanding the traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous peoples with a view to demonstrating the significant impact it has on keeping nature intact. This book argues for the deployment of traditional ecological knowledge for land use management in the preservation of biodiversity as a means for effectively managing the transmission of viruses from animals to humans and ensuring planetary health. The book is not projecting traditional ecological knowledge as a panacea to pandemics but rather accentuating its critical role in the effective mitigation of future pandemics. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous studies, animal ecology, environmental ethics and environmental studies more broadly.

Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Author : John A. Wiens
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118329759
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management written by John A. Wiens and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for properties of private organizations and multiple government agencies. The National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy all include elements of historical ecology in their planning processes. Similar approaches are part of land management and conservation in Europe and Australia. Each of these user groups must struggle with the added complication of rapid climate change, rapid land-use change, and technical issues in order to employ historical ecology effectively. Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management explores the utility of historical ecology in a management and conservation context and the development of concepts related to understanding future ranges of variability. It provides guidance and insights to all those entrusted with managing and conserving natural resources: land-use planners, ecologists, fire scientists, natural resource policy makers, conservation biologists, refuge and preserve managers, and field practitioners. The book will be particularly timely as science-based management is once again emphasized in United States federal land management and as an understanding of the potential effects of climate change becomes more widespread among resource managers. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/wiens/historicalenvironmentalvariation.