Indigenous Peoples Conserving, Managing, and Creating Biodiversity

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139019514.025

19 - Indigenous Peoples Conserving, Managing, and Creating Biodiversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012

Jan Salick

Edited by

Paul Gepts ,

Thomas R. Famula ,

Robert L. Bettinger ,

Stephen B. Brush ,

Ardeshir B. Damania ,

Patrick E. McGuire and

Calvin O. Qualset

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Paul Gepts: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Thomas R. Famula: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Robert L. Bettinger: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Stephen B. Brush: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Ardeshir B. Damania: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Patrick E. McGuire: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Calvin O. Qualset: Affiliation:
University of California, Davis

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There is a constant barrage of information about people destroying “nature”. Just as an example, to quote from the National Science Foundation (emphases added):

Studies in Europe have drawn from 10,000 years of human occupation to illuminate human and environmental causes for increased erosion and desertification of the northern Mediterranean region. (NSB 99–133 1999).

And

...to better understand the human dimensions of deforestation... an interdisciplinary team... has combined theories of human decision-making about land cover conditions with detailed analyses of field sites. (NSB 00–22 2000)

We need to counter such statements with examples of people who act successfully as conservationists, managers, and creators of biodiversity. These could help us learn to solve many of the environmental problems we face and the issues we address (Fenstad et al. 2002).

Type: Chapter
Information: Biodiversity in Agriculture
Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability
, pp. 426 - 444

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139019514.025 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2012

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