Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 232 pages
- Published by: Taylor & Francis
- Edition: 1st Edition February 1, 1999
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1560326956
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1560326953
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 11.2 ounces
Product Description
Explores the need for ecological insights from indigenous practices or resource use, and the need to develop a new ecological ethic in part by learning from traditional knowledge holders, specifically in the context of natural resource management. Softcover. DLC: Environmental sciences--Philosophy.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Sacred Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge (Hardcover)
This book pushes the field of Ecology to a new level. Whilst the concepts of Traditional Ecological Knowledge are not new (in fact they are ancient), the range and maturity of the discussion makes it very accessible to the average reader. Berkes ranges widely with his examples and clearly the book involved significant internationl networking (Yes, there were even examples from my home of New Zealand!). Some fascinating myths that are exploded include the Chief Seattle Speech and the Eskimo snow hoax. I recommend it to every ecologist as a way to bring the sacred into science.