Cultural context of biodiversity conservation

How are biological diversity, protected areas, indigenous knowledge and religious worldviews related? From an anthropological perspective, this book provides an introduction into the complex subject of conservation policies that cannot be addressed without recognising the encompassing relationship b...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Maass, Petra, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Göttingen : Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2008.
Series:Göttinger Beiträge zur Ethnologie ; Band 2.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009743495206719
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction-from global to local
  • The global context- international policies and local environments
  • The discursive context- conceptual approaches from anthropology
  • The local context-national policies and indigenous communities
  • Local expressions of indigenous knowledge
  • Concluding remarks- from local to global
  • Epilogue.