How valuable could traditional ecological knowledge education be for a resource-limited future?: An emergy evaluation in two Mexican villages

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 300, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-49

  Falkowski, Tomasz B ^a   Martinez Bautista, Isaias ^a   Diemont, Stewart A W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Lacandon; Sustainability; TEK; Zapotec

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL LOADING RATIO; INDIGENOUS; LACANDON; QUALITATIVE ESTIMATES; QUALITATIVE VALUATION; TEK; TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ZAPOTEC;

LOADING;

BIOPHYSICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FOSSIL FUEL; HOLISTIC APPROACH; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VILLAGE;

CHIAPAS; LACANDON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84921474271     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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