Integrating sacred knowledge for conservation: Cultures and landscapes in Southwest China

Ecology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Xu, Jianchu ^a   Ma, Erzi T ^b   Tashi, Duojie ^c   Fu, Yongshou ^d   Lu, Zhi ^e   Melick, David ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Liangshan Nationality Institute   (China)

^c Snowland Greatrivers Environmental Protection Association   (China)

^d Yunnan College of TCM   (China)

^e Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; China; Economic development; Environmental degradation; Ethnic minorities; Indigenous knowledge; Sacred knowledge

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ETHNIC MINORITY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 31544459907     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01413-100207     Document Type: Article

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