Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development

TitleEthnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1984
AuthorsPosey, DA, Frechione, J, Eddins, J, Francelino Da Silva, L, Myers, D, Case, D, MacBeath, P
JournalHuman Organization
Volume43
Issue2
Pagination95-107
Date PublishedSummer 1984
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsAmazonia; Amazonian development; economic development; ethnoecology; indigenous; indigenous perception; knowledge; subsistence strategies
Abstract

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)

URLhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/44125834
ISSN

0018-7259

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