Traditional ecological knowledge and community-based natural resource management in northeast India

作者: S. C. Rai

DOI: 10.1007/S11629-007-0248-4

关键词: Natural resource managementGeographyEcosystem managementCultural landscapeNatural resourceSustainable developmentBiodiversityTraditional knowledgeResource managementEnvironmental resource management

摘要: Community-based natural resource management in northeast India has a long history. indigenous knowledge and adaptation are the collective information, with improvement from generation to generation. The expectation is that under community control, local expertise on biodiversity will play significant role through traditional practices. This paper discusses characteristics application of ecological aboriginal peoples its management. Examples provided two different eco-cultural landscapes, i.e., Demazong (the Buddhist landscape Sikkim Himalaya) Apatani Arunachal Pradesh, which illustrate utility value sustainable Both landscapes indeed very complex highly evolved systems high levels economic and. efficiencies. concludes institutions could serve as entry points into utilization resources. be achieved exploration cultural practices people integrating useful aspects modern expertise. With rapidly depleting developing tropic regions, there greater today than ever before respecting "Sacred" tool towards better conservation

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