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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Maass, Petra, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Göttingen : Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2008.
Colección:Göttinger Beiträge zur Ethnologie ; Band 2.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009743495206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.