Sacred ecology

Summary: "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."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780415958271 (cloth)
ISBN: 9780415958295 (pbk.)
ISBN: 041595827X (cloth)
ISBN: 0415958296 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxi, 313 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-303) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge -- 2. Emergence of the Field -- 3. Intellectual Roots of Traditional Ecological Knowledge -- 4. Traditional Knowledge Systems in Practice -- 5. Cree Worldview "From the Inside" -- 6. A Story of Caribou and Social Learning -- 7. Cree Fishing Practices as Adaptive Management -- 8. Climate Change and Indigenous Ways of Knowing -- 9. Complex Systems, Holism, and Fuzzy Logic -- 10. How Local Knowledge Develops: Cases from the West Indies -- 11. Challenges to Indigenous Knowledge -- 12. Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature.