Biocultural diversity conservation a global sourcebook is a guide for understanding a developing concept of how different ecosystems provide a basis for human culture. Global analyses have established that areas of high biological diversity cooccur with areas of high cultural diversity. While the concept may help preserve what we value, we must ensure that it does not lead to forms of cultural or ecological imperialism. Given the growing focus within ceesp and iucn in general on the links between culture and conservation and between biodiversity and cultural diversity, ceesp members should be interested in the forthcoming book biocultural diversity conservation. As the global biodiversity outlook 3 gbo3 points out we are rapidly approaching critical tippingpoints of lifesupporting systems, if we dont break business as usual attitudes and habits. Together, these projects provide a rich source of innovative problemsolving to address the global decline of biocultural diversity. A global index of biocultural diversity sciencedirect. A global sourcebook, by luisa maffi and ellen woodley to be published by earthscan in february 2010, with iucn sponsorship. A global source book luisa maffi and ellen woodley, earthscan, 2010, which examines and contrasts numerous projects around the world that take an integrated biocultural approach to conservation. Global and regional mapping of the overlapping distribution of these diversities have pinpointed a number of factors that accounting for these geographic patterns and for the persistence or loss of biocultural diversity.
Worldwide experiences in an integrated approach to sustaining cultures and biodiversity. Mapping biocultural and economic diversity everywhere. Knowledge for better food systems food climate research. The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. Jan 28, 2010 given the growing focus within ceesp and iucn in general on the links between culture and conservation and between biodiversity and cultural diversity, ceesp members should be interested in the forthcoming book biocultural diversity conservation. She is also coauthor of biocultural diversity conservation. We are a group of institutions, organizations and individuals who believe that valorization of biocultural diversity is an important strategy to promote sustainable, inclusive, competitive and resilient territorial dynamics. Biocultural diversity for healthy cities the nature of cities. Jeanine pfeiffer environmental studies department san. Understandings of biocultural diversity have had and will have a significant impact on resource use and conservation, and on the transformation of landscapes. A global sourcebook article pdf available in ethnobiology letters 3.
Human culture and productive land uses can actually promote higher biodiversity by producing many continue reading. In response to this tendency, the article shows how the sami of northern norway are creating new openings and opportunities for more localized management systems. Jun 29, 2010 terralingua has gathered information about several of them in the volume biocultural diversity conservation. Ethnobiologists bookshelf international society of. While the concept may help preserve what we value, we must ensure that it does not. Biocultural diversity research has contributed to our understanding of the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. Introduction in the very near future our planet will need to feed nine billion human beings, yet the accelerating rate of biodiversity loss in landscapes of foodfeedfiberfuel production threatens to erode the capacity of such landscapes to generate vital ecosystem services ferrier et al. A biocultural approach 2010 prentice hallpearson, 2010 french twentieth bibliography critical and biographical references for french literature since 1885 1990 this series of bibliographical references is one of the most important tools for research in modern and contemporary french literature. Linking language, knowledge, and the environment edited by luisa maffi washington, d. Nielsen book data summary unesco biosphere reserves brs are designated areas in geographical regions of global socioecological significance. The author of once sacred fruits human and cultural ecology of the manggarai, flores island indonesia. These have increased the visibility of livestock keepers as guardians of biological diversity, empowered the communities by making them. Dec 20, 2015 at the heart of the concept of biocultural diversity is the idea that much of culture is based in the natural world, so a diversity of cultures and cultural phenomena arises from a natural environment with great natural or biological diversity.
Threatened species, endangered languages, we compare the status of and trends in biological and linguistic diversity around the world. Restoring human cultures to the web of life and talking to the clouds and listening to the trees, in order to increase the visibility of these efforts and stress their importance for. The book addresses, through case studies, the need for protecting and restoring biodiversity. A global sourcebook, by luisa maffi and ellen woodley to be published by earthscan in february 2010, with iucn. The main thrust of the book is to help the reader understand the connection between nature and culture and how closely related humans are to the environment. Luisa maffi is the cofounder and director of terralingua, an organization created 15 years ago around the idea of biocultural diversity.
A global source book luisa maffi and ellen woodley, earthscan, 2010, which examines and contrasts numerous projects around the world that take an integrated. Biocultural diversity conservation a global sourcebook. A biocultural diversity richness component bcdrich, which is a relative measure of a countrys raw biocultural diversity using unadjusted counts of the five indicators. Find 9781844079216 biocultural diversity conservation. Jan 01, 2014 read biocultural diversity conservation.
The european rural territory is predominantly a biocultural, multifunctional landscape, providing a crucial and effective space for integration of biological and cultural diversity, suggesting the need to revise some of the current strategies for the assessment and management of biodiversity. Biocultural diversity conservationa global source book by luisa maffi and ellen woodley. A community of practice, a companion portal to the book that was designed for researchers, professionals, policy makers, and the public. A global sourcebook by maffi et al at over 30 bookstores. In this chapter, we analyse the projects collectively and make generalizations, based on the information obtained through the survey and further exchanges with sourcebook contributors. At the heart of the concept of biocultural diversity is the idea that much of culture is based in the natural world, so a diversity of cultures and cultural phenomena arises from a natural environment with great natural or biological diversity. Biocultural community protocols for livestock keeper. By assessing the diversity of physical and anthropic data in small areas, the new terroir score overwhelms the global meaning of the general biocultural diversity and provides a.
A global sourcebook, by biocultural diversity expert luisa maffi and environment and development consultant ellen woodley. Biocultural diversity conservation a global sourcebook luisa maffi and ellen woodley biocultural diversity conservation a global sourcebook luisa maffi and ellen woodley this book is a treasure trove of the many approaches that have been taken by the worlds diverse cultures to maintain the biological systems upon which they depend. This definitive book shows their global relevance and contribution to environmental protection, biocultural diversity and education. From the late 1980s onward, biosystematics and conservation biology have successfully brought this concern to the attention of the public. London washington, dc publishing for a sustainable future. Food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. Applications program of work and key institutional players. Biocultural diversity and indigenous ways of knowing. The book serves as a global sourcebook to biocultural diversity. Threatened species, endangered languages, we compare the status of and trends in biological and linguistic diversity around the. This association between cultural and biological diversity is encapsulated in the term biocultural diversity. Given the growing focus within ceesp and iucn in general on the links between. The lack of diversity objectives and the failure to connect compensation elements to diversity objectives leaves those outside the power. As the global biodiversity outlook 3 gbo3 points out we are rapidly approaching critical tippingpoints of lifesupporting systems, if we dont break business as.
Biocultural community protocols for livestock keepers so far, four livestock keeping communities, the raika, lingayat, samburu and pashtoon, have developed biocultural protocols. A global index of biocultural diversity request pdf. We aim to promote a paradigm shift by illustrating biocultural diversity through scientific and traditional knowledge, within an elegant sensory context of articles, stories and art. A global sourcebook luisa maffi, ellen woodley the field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. Interdependence of biodiversity and development under global. A global sourcebook is a unique resource for anyone interested in the theory and practice of the field of biocultural diversitya holistic approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. An areal component bcdarea, which adjusts the indicators for land area and therefore measures a countrys biocultural diversity relative to its physical extent. The industrial revolution, the demographic explosion of homo sapiens, and the rise of the global exchange economy are all implicated as major factors that influence the loss of species diversity. Jun 03, 20 the lack of diversity objectives and the failure to connect compensation elements to diversity objectives leaves those outside the power structure fighting to get inside.
Jun 01, 2010 luisa maffi is the cofounder and director of terralingua, an organization created 15 years ago around the idea of biocultural diversity. A global sourcebook luisa maffi and ellen woodley, earthscanand launched biocultural diversity conservation. While the maps succeed in depicting a global reality of biocultural diversity hotspots, they often relegate diversity to locations beyond the frontiers of capitalism and modernity. A previous version is available as pages 8187 in in l. Diversity of life is therefore thought of as biocultural diversity, made up of the variety of plant and animal species and ecosystems, cultural traditions, and languages that have developed on the planet. Biocultural diversity is defined by luisa maffi, cofounder and director of terralingua, as the diversity of life in all its manifestations. Interdependence of biodiversity and development under. In another global study, loh and harmon 2005 used specieslanguage comparisons among others as part of a first attempt to quantify global biocultural diversity by means of a countrylevel. Biocultural diversity and territories platform for.
Surveying biocultural diversity projects around the world. Sutherland, 2003 and became a transdisciplinary framework for both scholarship and action. The book thus contributes to the democratization of knowledge and power in the domain of food, environment and society. We see these diversities as intimately related to, and profoundly shaping, one another over the history of. In another global study, loh and harmon 2005 used specieslanguage comparisons among others as part of a first attempt to quantify global biocultural diversity by means of a. Biocultural diversity conservation is a comprehensive book for students, researchers, professionals, policy makers, international agencies, ngos, and. Opinion preserving biocultural diversity the new york times. Its multifaceted contributions have ranged from theoretical elaborations, the book is between conservation projects and indigenous peoples, divided into three sections. In 2010, terralingua published biocultural diversity conservation. Human culture and productive land uses can actually promote higher biodiversity by producing many continue reading biocultural diversity for.
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