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Sacred ecology / (Record no. 5701)

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fixed length control field 070719s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2007029842
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780415958271 (cloth)
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International Standard Book Number 041595827X (cloth)
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International Standard Book Number 9780415958295 (pbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 0415958296 (pbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 9780203928950
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International Standard Book Number 0203928954
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System control number (OCoLC)ocn156975313
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number GE40
Item number .B47 2008
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Berkes, Fikret.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Sacred ecology /
Statement of responsibility, etc Fikret Berkes.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Routledge,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxi, 313 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-303) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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 19 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Cree worldview "From the inside" ; Animals control the hunt ; Obligations of hunters to show respect ; Importance of continued use for sustainability ; Conclusions -- A 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 ; A gathering of the hunters ; Lessons for the development of a conservation ethic ; Lessons for the question of monitoring -- Cree fishing practices as adaptive management. The Chisasibi Cree system of fishing ; Subarctic ecosystems: scientific understanding and Cree practice ; Three Cree practices: reading environmental signals for management ; A computer experiment on Cree practice and fish population resilience ; Traditional knowledge systems as adaptive management ; Lessons from fisher knowledge -- Climate change and indigenous ways of knowing. Indigenous ways of knowing and new models of community-based research ; Inuit observations of climate change project ; A convergence of findings ; Significance of local observations and place-based research ; Indigenous knowledge and adaptation ; Conclusions -- 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 ; A fuzzy logic analysis of indigenous knowledge ; Conclusions -- How local knowledge develops: cases from the West Indies. A 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 ; Conclusions -- Challenges to 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 -- Toward a unity of mind and nature. Political ecology of indigenous knowledge ; Indigenous knowledge for empowerment ; Indigenous knowledge as challenge to the positivist-reductionist paradigm ; Making scientific sense of indigenous knowledge ; Learning from traditional knowledge.
520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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."--Jacket.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental sciences
General subdivision Philosophy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Traditional ecological knowledge.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indigenous peoples.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human ecology.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name James Bay (Nunavut)
General subdivision Environmental conditions
Form subdivision Case studies.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Books
Call number prefix GE40
Call number suffix .B47 2008
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    Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction Zetech Library - Mang'u Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks 07/12/2023 Donation 9438   GE40 .B47 2008 Z011159 18/01/2024 C.1 18/01/2024 Books