Indigenous Knowledge: Enhancing its Contribution to Natural Resources Management (Indigenous Knowledge And Development Ser.: Vol. 39)

By: David A. Cleveland and Roy Ellen and James Fraser and James Fairhead and Samara Brock and Melissa Leach and Christopher Shepherd and Patricia Howard and Johannes Lehmann and Delphine Renard and Daniela Soleri and Andrew Ainslie and Kojo Amanor and Jeff Bentley and Stephen Brush and Luisa Cortesi and Michael R Dove and Romain Duda and Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares and Sandrine Gallois and Chris Hebdon and Samuel Guindo and Sascha Huditz and Amy Leigh Johnson and Alder Keleman and J Stephen Lansing and Rosalinda Hidalgo Ledesma and Francis Michael Ludlow and Doyle McKey and Citlalli López Binnqüist and Paul Van Mele and Tom Van Mourik and Lars Otto Naess and Florencia Palis and Fortunata Panzo Panzo and Victoria Reyes García and Gede Sedana and Professor Paul Sillitoe and Dawit Solomon and Sidi Toure and Thérèse De Vet and Wayan Windia and Gérard Zoundji

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Synopsis: Indigenous Knowledge (IK) reviews cutting-edge research and links theory with practice to further our understanding of this important approach's contribution to natural resource management. It addresses IK's potential in solving issues such as coping with change, ensuring global food supply for a growing population, reversing environmental degradation and promoting sustainable practices. It is increasingly recognised that IK, which has featured centrally in resource management for millennia, should play a significant part in today's programmes that seek to increase land productivity and food security while ensuring environmental conservation. By drawing together strands of biocultural diversity research into natural resources management, this book: - Provides an overview of conceptual issues around IK and its contributions to sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation; - Addresses key themes via case studies from bioculturally diverse regions of the world; - Displays a wide range of methodologies and outlines a possible agenda to guide future work. An invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in environmental science and natural resources management, this book is also an informative read for development practitioners and undergraduates in agriculture, forestry, geography, anthropology and environmental studies.