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Author:   Alan Bicker ,  Roy Ellen ,  Peter Parkes ,  Alan Bicker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9789057024849

ISBN 10:   9057024845
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   08 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology in the Context of National Laws and International Agreements Affecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Traditional Resources and Intellectual Property Rights 2. "" We Wander in Our Ancestors' Yard"": Sea Cucumber Gathering in Aru, Eastern Indonesia 3. The Construction and Destruction of ""indigenous"" Knowledge in India's Joint Forest Management Program 4. Claims to Knowledge, Claims to Control: Environmental Conflict in the Great Himalayan National Park, India 5. Locating Indigenous Environmental Knowledge in Indonesia 6. "" Indigenous"" Regionalism in Japan 7. The Use of Fire in Northeastern Luzon (Philippines): Conflicting Views of Local People, Scientists and Government Officials 8. Indigenous Knowledge Versus Jungli Thinking: A Case Study of Natural Rubber Production 9. Enclaved Knowledge: Indignant Representations of Environmental Management and Development among the Kalasha of Pakistan 10. Endangered Forest, Endangered People: Environmentalist Representations of Indigenous Knowledge 11. Indigenous Knowledge: Prospects and Limitations"

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Excellent, thoughtful, challenging papers....Overall, the book documents many cases of misuse and abuse of 'IK' and explains with insight problems with the concept....Recommended for professionals and development workers. <br>-CHOICE, June 2001 <br>

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Alan Bicker, Roy Ellen, Peter Parkes

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