La memoria biocultural

摘要: In recent years there has been an increasing tendency to place greater value on traditional knowledge about nature, as well its management and conservation. This knowledge, transmitted orally in villages where the traditions social structure have preserved, represent a genuine legacy: biocultural memory. For professional biologists ecologists it is particularly interesting learn appreciate depth of this note we comment two recently published books that address topic. first, Victor Manuel Toledo Narciso Barrera-Bassols take worldwide perspective offer far reaching discussion importance memory and, along with it, ethnoecology which makes up study Eckart Boege, author second book, focuses Mexico emphasizes relationship exists between appropriation use natural resources by indigenous peoples. These complement each other beautifully exceptionally useful panorama suggestions at time when imperative find strategies for sustainable biological general.