Indigenous knowledge and ethics : a Darrell Posey reader /

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Author / Creator:Posey, Darrell Addison, 1947-
Imprint:New York : Routledge, c2004.
Description:xiii, 274 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in environmental anthropology ; v. 10
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5170194
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Other authors / contributors:Plenderleith, Kristina, 1944-
ISBN:0415323630
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-269) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to ethnobiology : its implications and applications
  • Pt. I. Ethnoentomology
  • 2. Topics and issues in ethnoentomology with some suggestions for the development of hypothesis-generation and testing in ethnobiology
  • 3. Ethnoentomological survey of Brazilian Indians
  • 4. Entomological considerations in south-eastern aboriginal demography
  • 5. An ethnoentomological perspective of the south-eastern Indian belief system
  • Pt. II. Wider applications of indigenous knowledge
  • 6. The application of ethnobiology in the conservation of dwindling natural resources : lost knowledge or options for the survival of the planet
  • 7. Ethnobiology and ethnodevelopment : importance of traditional knowledge and traditional peoples
  • 8. Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development
  • 9. The perception of ecological zones and natural resources in the Brazilian Amazon : an ethnoecology of Lake Coari
  • 10. Diachronic ecotones and anthropogenic landscapes in Amazonia : contesting the consciousness of conservation
  • 11. Indigenous knowledge, biodivesity, and international rights : learning about forests from the Kayapo Indians of the Brazilian Amazon
  • Pt. III. Intellectual property rights and ethical concerns
  • 12. Intellectual property rights : what is the position of ethnobiology?
  • 13. Indigenous knowledge and green consumerism : co-operation or conflict?
  • 14. Traditional resource rights (TRR) : de facto self-determination for indigenous peoples
  • 15. Finders keepers won't do any more : Darrell Posey says the time has come for a rethink on bioprospecting
  • 16. Indigenous peoples and traditional resource rights : a basis for equitable relationships?
  • 17. The 'balance sheet' and the 'sacred balance' : valuing the knowledge of indigenous and traditional peoples
  • App. 1. Ethnobiology
  • App. 2. The declaration of Belem
  • App. 3. The convention on biological diversity (extracts)
  • App. 4. United Nations draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
  • App. 5. The covenant on intellectual, cultural, and scientific resources
  • App. 6. Traditional resource rights
  • App. 7. Summary of principle intellectual property rights instruments
  • App. 8. Scientific and professional societies that have developed guidelines on intellectual property rights
  • App. 9. Research principles for community-controlled research with the Tapirisat Inuit of Canada (selected principles)
  • App. 10. Kari-Oca declaration and indigenous peoples earth charter
  • App. 11. Principles for 'equitable partnerships' established by the International Society for Ethnobiology.