Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Title Traditional Ecological Knowledge PDF eBook
Author Melissa K. Nelson
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 291
Release 2018-10-11
Genre History
ISBN 1108428568

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Provides an overview of Native American philosophies, practices, and case studies and demonstrates how Traditional Ecological Knowledge provides insights into the sustainability movement.

Indigenous Environmental Justice

Indigenous Environmental Justice
Title Indigenous Environmental Justice PDF eBook
Author Karen Jarratt-Snider
Publisher University of Arizona Press
Pages 233
Release 2020-05-05
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0816541299

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This volume clearly distinguishes Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) from the broader idea of environmental justice (EJ) while offering detailed examples from recent history of environmental injustices that have occurred in Indian Country. With connections to traditional homelands being at the heart of Native identity, environmental justice is of heightened importance to Indigenous communities. Not only do irresponsible and exploitative environmental policies harm the physical and financial health of Indigenous communities, they also cause spiritual harm by destroying land held in a place of exceptional reverence for Indigenous peoples. With focused essays on important topics such as the uranium mining on Navajo and Hopi lands, the Dakota Access Pipeline dispute on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, environmental cleanup efforts in Alaska, and many other pertinent examples, this volume offers a timely view of the environmental devastation that occurs in Indian Country. It also serves to emphasize the importance of self-determination and sovereignty in victories of Indigenous environmental justice. The book explores the ongoing effects of colonization and emphasizes Native American tribes as governments rather than ethnic minorities. Combining elements of legal issues, human rights issues, and sovereignty issues, Indigenous Environmental Justice creates a clear example of community resilience in the face of corporate greed and state indifference.

Science and Sustainability

Science and Sustainability
Title Science and Sustainability PDF eBook
Author J. Hendry
Publisher Springer
Pages 174
Release 2014-09-18
Genre Science
ISBN 1137430060

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Indigenous peoples have passed down vital knowledge for generations from which local plants help cure common ailments, to which parts of the land are unsuitable for buildings because of earthquakes. Here, Hendry examines science through these indigenous roots, problematizing the idea that Western science is the only type that deserves that name.

Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda

Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda
Title Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda PDF eBook
Author Anders Breidlid
Publisher Routledge
Pages 216
Release 2020-04-17
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1000061825

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This book discusses the vital importance of including indigenous knowledges in the sustainable development agenda. In the wake of colonialism and imperialism, dialogue between indigenous knowledges and Western epistemology has broken down time and again. However, in recent decades the broader indigenous struggle for rights and recognition has led to a better understanding of indigenous knowledges, and in 2015 the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined the importance of indigenous engagement in contributing to the implementation of the agenda. Drawing on experiences and field work from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda brings together authors who explore social, educational, institutional and ecological sustainability in relation to indigenous knowledges. In doing so, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of the concept of "sustainability", at both national and international levels, from a range of diverse perspectives. As the decolonizing debate gathers pace within mainstream academic discourse, this book offers an important contribution to scholars across development studies, environmental studies, education, and political ecology.

Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America

Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America
Title Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America PDF eBook
Author Timothy MacNeill
Publisher
Pages 256
Release 2020-10-09
Genre History
ISBN 9781013277108

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This open access book outlines development theory and practice over time as well as critically interrogates the "cultural turn" in development policy in Latin American indigenous communities, specifically, in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Bolivia. It becomes apparent that culturally sustainable development is both a new and old idea, which is simultaneously traditional and modern, and that it is a necessary iteration in thinking on development. This new strain of thought could inform not only the work of development practitioners, graduate students, and theorists working in the Global South, but in the Global North as well. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Sustainable Tourism and Indigenous Peoples

Sustainable Tourism and Indigenous Peoples
Title Sustainable Tourism and Indigenous Peoples PDF eBook
Author Anna Carr
Publisher Routledge
Pages 423
Release 2019-05-17
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1351620878

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This book provides a comprehensive, detailed and insight rich review of both the positive (capacity building, cultural conservation and economic opportunities) and negative (commodification, cultural change and possible loss of ownership and control) aspects of tourism development in indigenous communities. The relationship between tourism and indigenous people provides the ultimate test of sustainable tourism as a concept for tourism management and cultural conservation. The chapters range geographically from Central and North America, through Africa, and Asia to Australia. Issues covered include governance and engagement, research, minority language issues, visitor codes of conduct, trail development, Indigenous product design, Indigenous urban festivals, Indigenous values and capitalism, gentrification, heritage interpretation, marketing, demand, world views and representation. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

Rethinking Resource Management

Rethinking Resource Management
Title Rethinking Resource Management PDF eBook
Author Richard Howitt
Publisher Routledge
Pages 468
Release 2002-01-31
Genre Science
ISBN 1134805667

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This book offers students and practitioners a sophisticated and convincing framework for rethinking the usual approaches to resource management. It uses case studies to argue that professional resource managers do not take responsibility for the social and environmental consequences of their decisions on the often vulnerable indigenous communities they affect. It also discusses the invisibility of indigenous people' values and knowledge within traditional resource management. It offers a new approach to social impact assessment methods which are more participatory and empowering. The book employs a range of case studies from Australia, North America and Norway.