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    • Title:Sacred ecology / Fikret Berkes.
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    • Author/Creator:Berkes, Fikret.
    • Published/Created:New York : Routledge, 2012.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Environmental sciences--Philosophy.
      Traditional ecological knowledge.
      Indigenous peoples.
      Human ecology.
    • Edition:3rd ed.
    • Description:xxiv, 363 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
    • Summary:"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."-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-320) and index.
    • ISBN:9780415517317 (hardback)
      0415517311 (hardback)
      9780415517324 (paperback)
      041551732X (paperback)
      9780203123843 (e-book)
      0203123840 (e-book)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Defining Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Science
      Differences: Philosophical or Political?
      Knowledge-Practice-Belief: A Framework for Analysis
      Objectives and Overview of the Volume
      2. Emergence of the Field
      Evolution and Differentiation of the Literature
      Growth of Ecosystem-based Knowledge
      Cultural and Political Significance for Indigenous Peoples
      Questions of Ownership and Intellectual Property Rights
      Practical Significance as Common Heritage of Humankind
      3. Intellectual Roots of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Ethnobiology and Biosystematics: A Good Fit
      More on Linguistics and Methodology: How to Get the Information Right
      Exaggeration and Ethnoscience: The Eskimo Snow Hoax?
      Human Ecology and Territoriality
      Integration of Social Systems and Natural Systems: Importance of Worldviews
      4. Traditional Knowledge Systems in Practice
      Tropical Forests: Not Amenable to Management?
      Semi-arid Areas: Keeping the Land Productive
      Traditional Uses of Fire
      Island Ecosystems
      -Personal Ecosystems
      Coastal Lagoons and Wetlands
      Conclusions
      5. Cree Worldview "From the Inside"
      Animals Control the Hunt
      Obligations of Hunters to Show Respect
      Importance of Continued Use for Sustainability
      Conclusions
      6. Story of Caribou and Social Learning
      "No One Knows the Way of the Winds and the Caribou""
      Cree Knowledge of Caribou in Context
      Caribou Return to the Land of the Chisasibi Cree
      Gathering of the Hunters
      Lessons for the Development of a Conservation Ethic
      Lessons for Management Policy and Monitoring
      7. Cree Fishing Practices as Adaptive Management
      Chisasibi Cree System of Fishing
      Subarctic Ecosystems: Scientific Understanding and Cree Practice
      Three Cree Practices: Reading Environmental Signals for Management
      Computer Experiment on Cree Practice and Fish Population Resilience
      Traditional Knowledge Systems as Adaptive Management
      Lessons from Fisher Knowledge
      8. Climate Change and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
      Indigenous Ways of Knowing and New Models of Community-based Research
      Inuit Observations of Climate Change Project
      Convergence of Findings
      Significance of Local Observations and Place-based Research
      Indigenous Knowledge and Adaptation
      Conclusions
      9. Complex Systems, Holism, and Fuzzy Logic
      Rules-of-thumb: Cutting Complexity Down to Size
      Community-based Monitoring and Environmental Change
      Complex Systems Thinking
      Local Knowledge and Expert Systems
      Fuzzy Logic Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge
      Conclusions
      10. How Local Knowledge Develops: Cases from the West Indies
      Framework for Development of Local and Traditional Knowledge
      Mangrove Conservation and Charcoal Makers
      Dominican Sawyers: Developing Private Stewardship
      Cultivating Sea Moss in St. Lucia
      Rehabilitating Edible Sea Urchin Resources
      Lessons from the Caribbean Cases
      Knowledge Development and Institutions
      11. Challenges for Indigenous Knowledge
      Limitations of Indigenous Knowledge and the Exotic Other
      Invaders and Natives: A Historical Perspective
      Indigenous Peoples as Conservationists?
      "Wilderness" and a Universal Concept of Conservation
      Adapting Traditional Systems to the Modern Context
      Traditional Systems for Building Livelihoods in a Globalized Economy
      Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Traditional Knowledge
      12. Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature
      Political Ecology of Indigenous Knowledge
      Indigenous Knowledge and Empowerment
      Indigenous Knowledge as Challenge to the Positivist-Reductionist Paradigm
      Making Scientific Sense of Indigenous Knowledge
      Learning from Traditional Knowledge.
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