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Author:   Alan Bicker ,  Roy Ellen ,  Peter Parkes
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.840kg
ISBN:  

9789057024832

ISBN 10:   9057024837
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   08 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Maps, Plates and Tables, Notes on Contributors, Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1 Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology in the Context of National Laws and International Agreements Affecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Traditional Resources and Intellectual Property Rights, Chapter 2 ‘We Wander in our Ancestors’ Yard’: Sea Cucumber Gathering in Aru, Eastern Indonesia, Chapter 3 The Construction and Destruction of ‘Indigenous’ Knowledge in India’s Joint Forest Management Programme, Chapter 4 Claims to Knowledge, Claims to Control: Environmental Conflict in the Great Himalayan National Park, India, Chapter 5 Locating Indigenous Environmental Knowledge in Indonesia, Chapter 6 ‘Indigenous’ Regionalism in Japan, Chapter 7 The Use of Fire in Northeastern Luzon (Philippines): Conflicting Views of Local People, Scientists and Government Officials, Chapter 8 The Life-Cycle of Indigenous Knowledge, and the Case of Natural Rubber Production, Chapter 9 Enclaved Knowledge: Indigent and Indignant Representations of Environmental Management and Development among the Kalasha of Pakistan, Chapter 10 Endangered Forest, Endangered People: Environmentalist Representations of Indigenous Knowledge, Chapter 11 Indigenous Knowledge: Prospects and Limitations, Index

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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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