Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1984
Contributors Author: Darrell A. Posey
Author: John Frechione
Author: John Eddins
Author: Luiz Francelino Da Silva
Author: Debbie Myers
Author: Diane Case
Author: Peter MacBeath
Journal
Human Organization
Volume
43
Issue
2
Pagination
95-107
Date Published
07/1984
Language
English
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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