Indigenous Knowledge and Ethics by Darrell A. Posey, Kristian... - 9780415323635

Taylor & Francis

1 Introduction to ethnobiology: its implications and applications PART I Ethnoentomology 2 Topics and issues in ethnoentomology with some suggestions for the development of hypothesis-generation and testing in ethnobiology 3 Ethnoentomological survey of Brazilian Indians 4 Entomological considerations in south-eastern aboriginal demography 5 An ethnoentomological perspective of the south-eastern Indian belief system PART II Wider applications of indigenous knowledge 6 The application of ethnobiology in the conservation of dwindling natural resources: lost knowledge or options for the survival of the planet 7 Ethnobiology and ethnodevelopment: importance of traditional knowledge and traditional peoples 8 Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development 9 The perception of ecological zones and natural resources in the Brazilian Amazon: an ethnoecology of Lake Coari 10 Diachronic ecotones and anthropogenic landscapes in Amazonia: contesting the consciousness of conservations