|aAcknowledging indigenous knowledge :|bvoices of tropical forest people /|cby Purabi Bose.
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|a1st ed.
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|aBoca Raton, FL :|bCRC Press,|c2024.
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|axx, 108 p. :|bcol. ill., col. maps ;|c25 cm.
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|aUrbanization, industrialization, and the environment
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|aAcknowledging indigenous knowledge : introduction -- 'Nature-based knowledge' aligning science and wisdom -- Extractive industries mining way in indigenous and local communities -- Food as commodity : 'super' food insecurity of indigenous peoples : analysis from Asia, Africa and Latin America -- Pastoralists, nomadic movements, and identity in tropical grasslands -- Factory schools : erasing children's indigenous knowledge and languages -- Indigenous peoples and wildlife coexistence in tropical mountains : socio-cultural impact -- Communicating the art of bridging indigenous knowledge with science and policy.
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|a"This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand. This deforestation and urbanization has isolated the Indigenous People from practising 'traditional ways of life.' Portrayed in the book are the Indigenous People's perspective of their Indigenous Knowledge about the enviornment, and why losing IK is a threat to humans, wildlife and nature. Insight is shared into why acknowledging IK as a science can help solve climate change, food and nutrition insecurity and increasing new types of pandemic, through evidence-based stories from Indigenous people"--|cProvided by publisher.
This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand. This deforestation and urbanization has isolated the Indigenous People from practising ’traditional ways of life.’