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Author: Fikret Berkes
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1560326956

Sacred Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Resource Management

This book deals with the topic of traditional ecological knowledge specifically in the context of natural resource management. Get Sacred Ecology computer books for free.
An issue of today is how humans can develop a more acceptable relationship with the environment that supports them. Growing interest in traditional ecological knowledge is perhaps indicative of two things: the need for ecological insights from indigenous practices of resource use; and the need to develop a new ecological ethic in part by learning from the wisdom of traditional knowledge holders. This book explores both of these ideas together by treating traditional ecological knowledge as a knowledge-practice-belief complex. This complex looks at traditional knowledge at four interrelated levels: local knowledge (species Check Sacred Ecology our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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This complex looks at traditional knowledge at four interrelated levels: local knowledge (species

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