TY - JOUR T1 - Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development JF - Human Organization Y1 - 1984 A1 - Darrell A. Posey A1 - John Frechione A1 - John Eddins A1 - Luiz Francelino Da Silva A1 - Debbie Myers A1 - Diane Case A1 - Peter MacBeath KW - Amazonia KW - Amazonian development KW - economic development KW - ethnoecology KW - indigenous KW - indigenous perception KW - knowledge KW - subsistence strategies AB - Social and ecological devastation in Amazonia necessitates alternative strategies for sustained, ecologically sound development. The study of indigenous ecological knowledge (ethnoecology) is shown to offer the bases for these new strategies. Six catagories of folk knowledge are explored: gathered products, game, aquaculture, agriculture, resource units and cosmology. A set of recommendations for systematic ethnoecological research is offered, the application of which will not only identify new categories of resources, but also offer alternative resource management strategies to bring the benefits of development to all residents of Amazonia. (author) VL - 43 UR - https://www.jstor.org/stable/44125834 IS - 2 ER -