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Berkes, Fikret.

Sacred ecology : traditional ecological knowledge and resource management / Fikret Berkes. - Philadelphia, PA : Taylor & Francis, 1999. - xvi, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-202) and index.

Ch. 1. Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge--Ch. 2. Emergence of the Field--Ch. 3. Intellectual Roots of Traditional Ecological Knowledge--Ch. 4. Traditional Knowledge Systems in Practice--Ch. 5. Cree Worldview "from the Inside"--Ch. 6. A Story of Caribou and Social Learning--Ch. 7. Cree Fishing Practices as Adaptive Management--Ch. 8. How Local Knowledge Develops: Cases from the West Indies--Ch. 9. Challenges to Indigenous Knowledge--Ch. 10. Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature.

ISBN: 1560326948 (case : alk. paper) 1560326956 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 98043381

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Environmental sciences--Philosophy.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Social change.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West Indies--Environmental conditions--Case studies.
James Bay (Nunavut)--Environmental conditions--Case studies.

LC Class. No.: GE40 / .B47 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 179/.1