Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development
| Title | Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1984 |
| Authors | Posey, DA, Frechione, J, Eddins, J, Francelino Da Silva, L, Myers, D, Case, D, MacBeath, P |
| Journal | Human Organization |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 95-107 |
| Date Published | Summer 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Amazonia; 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) |
| URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/44125834 |
| ISSN | 0018-7259 |
