TY - SER
KW - ecology
KW - natural conservation
AU - R. E. (Robert Earle) Johannes
AB - <p>IUCN is pleased to publish this collection of articles which originate from the working group on Traditional Ecological Knowledge of our Commission on Ecology. This book does not presume to be an authoritative review of the state of knowledge in the field. It is, rather, a collection of free essays which offer fascinating glimpses of the deep understanding and practice of &quot;ecology&quot; displayed by traditional societies on different continents. (editor)</p><p>Contains the following essays:</p><ul><li>A parable of fire: Hunter-gatherers in Canada and Australia (Henry T. Lewis)</li><li>!Kung knowledge of animal behavior (Nicholas Blurton Jones and Melvin J. Konner)</li><li>Reasons for ethnobotanical conservation (Richard Evans Schultes)</li><li>Fishing and traditional knowledge (Robert E. Johannes)</li><li>Nature intensive agriculture: The food production system of Yap Islands (Marjorie V.C. Falanruw)</li><li>Doing what comes naturally: Ecological inventiveness in African rice farming (Paul Richards)</li><li>Traditional environmental knowledge and resource management in New Caledonia (Arthur Lyon Dahl)</li><li>Conclusion: Issues in the application of traditional knowledge to environmental science (Graham B. K. Baines)</li></ul>
AN - 93-02525
BT - IUCN conservation library
CN - QH541.T69 1989 4th Paterno 
CY - Gland [Switzerland]; Cambridge
DA - 11/1989
DB - Pennsylvania State University Libraries
LA - English
N1 - November 1989
Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-77)
N2 - <p>IUCN is pleased to publish this collection of articles which originate from the working group on Traditional Ecological Knowledge of our Commission on Ecology. This book does not presume to be an authoritative review of the state of knowledge in the field. It is, rather, a collection of free essays which offer fascinating glimpses of the deep understanding and practice of &quot;ecology&quot; displayed by traditional societies on different continents. (editor)</p><p>Contains the following essays:</p><ul><li>A parable of fire: Hunter-gatherers in Canada and Australia (Henry T. Lewis)</li><li>!Kung knowledge of animal behavior (Nicholas Blurton Jones and Melvin J. Konner)</li><li>Reasons for ethnobotanical conservation (Richard Evans Schultes)</li><li>Fishing and traditional knowledge (Robert E. Johannes)</li><li>Nature intensive agriculture: The food production system of Yap Islands (Marjorie V.C. Falanruw)</li><li>Doing what comes naturally: Ecological inventiveness in African rice farming (Paul Richards)</li><li>Traditional environmental knowledge and resource management in New Caledonia (Arthur Lyon Dahl)</li><li>Conclusion: Issues in the application of traditional knowledge to environmental science (Graham B. K. Baines)</li></ul>
PB - IUCN
PP - Gland [Switzerland]; Cambridge
PY - 1989
RN - Local system: LIAS1799477 Local system: (OCoLC)24738092 General 
SN - 2-88032-998-1
EP - 77
ST - Traditional ecological knowledge
T2 - IUCN conservation library
TI - Traditional ecological knowledge: A collection of essays
UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729639587
ER -