From Biocultural Homogenization To Biocultural Conservation

Author : Ricardo Rozzi,Roy H. May Jr.,F. Stuart Chapin III,Francisca Massardo,Michael C. Gavin,Irene J. Klaver,Aníbal Pauchard,Martin A. Nuñez,Daniel Simberloff
Publisher : Springer
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319995137

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From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation by Ricardo Rozzi,Roy H. May Jr.,F. Stuart Chapin III,Francisca Massardo,Michael C. Gavin,Irene J. Klaver,Aníbal Pauchard,Martin A. Nuñez,Daniel Simberloff Pdf

To assess the social processes of globalization that are changing the way in which we co-inhabit the world today, this book invites the reader to essay the diversity of worldviews, with the diversity of ways to sustainably co-inhabit the planet. With a biocultural perspective that highlights planetary ecological and cultural heterogeneity, this book examines three interrelated themes: (1) biocultural homogenization, a global, but little perceived, driver of biological and cultural diversity loss that frequently entail social and environmental injustices; (2) biocultural ethics that considers –ontologically and axiologically– the complex interrelationships between habits, habitats, and co-inhabitants that shape their identity and well-being; (3) biocultural conservation that seeks social and ecological well-being through the conservation of biological and cultural diversity and their interrelationships.

Author : Ricardo Rozzi,Roy H. May,Francis Stuart Chapin (III),Francisca Massardo,Michael C. Gavin,Irene J. Klaver,Aníbal Pauchard,Martin A. Nuñez,Daniel Simberloff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Ethnobiology
ISBN : 3319995146

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From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation by Ricardo Rozzi,Roy H. May,Francis Stuart Chapin (III),Francisca Massardo,Michael C. Gavin,Irene J. Klaver,Aníbal Pauchard,Martin A. Nuñez,Daniel Simberloff Pdf

To assess the social processes of globalization that are changing the way in which we co-inhabit the world today, this book invites the reader to essay the diversity of worldviews, with the diversity of ways to sustainably co-inhabit the planet. With a biocultural perspective that highlights planetary ecological and cultural heterogeneity, this book explores three interrelated terms. First (1), biocultural homogenization, a global, but little perceived, driver of biological and cultural diversity loss that frequently entail social and environmental injustices ... Second (2), biocultural ethics that considers -ontologically and axiologically- the complex interrelationships between habits, habitats, and co-inhabitants that shape their identity and well-being. In ethics, in ancient terms of Homer and Heraclitus, the habit was linked to habitats. These habits affect the co-inhabitants, human and other-than-human, and the diversity of inhabitants. The biocultural ethics aims to recover the early meaning of ethic, derived from ethos--or the den of an animal--that converges to native American and other traditional understandings of ethics ... Third (3), biocultural conservation that seeks social and ecological well-being through the conservation of biological and cultural diversity and their interrelationships. ... Biocultural ethics investigates and evaluates the ecological and social causes and consequences of both biocultural homogenization and biocultural conservation. These three biocultural terms provide a conceptual framework and a methodological approach for interdisciplinary teamwork among ecologists, philosophers and other participants to investigate, and also to reorient, eco-social paths of environmental change towards a sustainability of life.

Author : Ricardo Rozzi,Alejandra Tauro,Noa Avriel-Avni,T. Wright,Roy H. May Jr.
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783031233685

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Field Environmental Philosophy by Ricardo Rozzi,Alejandra Tauro,Noa Avriel-Avni,T. Wright,Roy H. May Jr. Pdf

This fifth volume in the Ecology and Ethics series integrates key concepts of the previous four volumes by addressing biocultural conservation through novel educational methods. In Field Environmental Philosophy (FEP), the authors undertake two complementary tasks. First, they address a problematic facet of education as an indirect driver of a global change and biocultural homogenization. Second, they contribute to solve the former problems by introducing the FEP method as well as other educational approaches from around the world that value and foster conservation of biological and cultural diversity. A particular emphasis is therefore on the integration of sciences, arts, humanities, and ethics into educational practices that involve the participation of local communities with their diverse forms of ecological knowledge and practices. The book is divided into four parts. Part I introduces FEP concepts and practices that involve a 4-step cycle of transdisciplinary research, poetic communication through composition of metaphors, design of field activities guided with an ecological and ethical orientation, and participation in biocultural conservation activities. Part II exposes problems as well as solutions in formal education (from preschool to higher education) and non-formal education to respect biocultural diversity. Parts III & IV provide case studies developed at long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER) sites, botanical gardens, and other platforms for non-formal education that contribute to biocultural conservation. This book supports a paradigm shift addressing still understudied indirect drivers of global change to foster the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. It is a valuable asset for scientists and practitioners in science and humanities education.

Author : Ricardo Rozzi,S.T.A. Pickett,Clare Palmer,Juan J. Armesto,J. Baird Callicott
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400774704

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Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World by Ricardo Rozzi,S.T.A. Pickett,Clare Palmer,Juan J. Armesto,J. Baird Callicott Pdf

To comprehensively address the complexities of current socio-ecological problems involved in global environmental change, it is indispiseble to achieve an integration of ecological understanding and ethical values. Contemporary science proposes an inclusive ecosystem concept that recognizes humans as components. Contemporary environmental ethics includes eco-social justice and the realization that as important as biodiversity is cultural diversity, inter-cultural, inter-institutional, and international collaboration requiring a novel approach known as biocultural conservation. Right action in confronting the challenges of the 21st century requires science and ethics to be seamlessly integrated. This book resulted from the 14th Cary Conference that brought together leading scholars and practitioners in ecology and environmental philosophy to discuss core terminologies, methods, questions, and practical frameworks for long-term socio-ecological research, education, and decision making.

Author : Luca Valera,Juan Carlos Castilla
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030294434

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Global Changes by Luca Valera,Juan Carlos Castilla Pdf

This book offers an authoritative analysis of the challenges that have arisen as a result of modern technologies. It covers several environmental problems, such as climate change, overexploitation of natural resources, loss of natural habitats, pollution and human population growth, and discusses practical scenarios for sustainable human dwelling of our planet. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the first part introduces “global changes”, describing how they are happening in reality, and the challenges arising from them. The second part introduces methodological approaches borrowed from various disciplines, such as engineering, management science, philosophy and theology, which can help deal with the contemporary challenges resulting from global changes. Lastly, the third part discusses some of the themes presented in the light of novel concepts, such as the Anthropocene, and includes interesting proposals and ideas about how human beings could dwell the Earth in this new age. Offering a comprehensive theoretical reflection on the relation between technology, environment and human beings, it also provides a practice-oriented guide for researchers and decision-makers working on a new ethical paradigm of acting in the Anthropocene.

Author : Trace Gale-Detrich,Andrea Ednie,Keith Bosak
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783031380488

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Tourism and Conservation-based Development in the Periphery by Trace Gale-Detrich,Andrea Ednie,Keith Bosak Pdf

This open access book applies a social ecological systems (SES) lens to conservation-based development in Patagonia, bringing together authors with historical, contemporary, and future-oriented perspectives in order to increase understanding of the social and environmental implications of nature-based tourism and other forms of conservation-based territorial development. By focusing on Patagonia (as a region) and its various forms of conservation-based development, this book contributes one of the first collections of South American based lessons and will be valuable to researchers and practitioners, both locally and around the world, seeking to better understand complex interconnections between social and ecological environments, and pursue a similar path to resilience and sustainability.

Author : Fausto O. Sarmiento,Larry M. Frolich
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786430106

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The Elgar Companion to Geography, Transdisciplinarity and Sustainability by Fausto O. Sarmiento,Larry M. Frolich Pdf

With contributions from top geographers, this Companion frames sustainability as exemplar of transdisciplinary science (critical geography) while improving future scenarios, debating perspectives between rich North/poor South, modern urban/backwards rural, and everything in between. The Companion has five sections that carry the reader from foundational considerations to integrative trends, to resources use and accommodation, to examples highlighting non-traditional pathways, to a postscript about cooperation of the industrialized Earth and a prognosis of the road ahead for the new geographies of sustainability.

Author : Luisa Maffi,Ellen Woodley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136544262

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Biocultural Diversity Conservation by Luisa Maffi,Ellen Woodley Pdf

The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. Its multifaceted contributions have ranged from theoretical elaborations, to mappings of the overlapping distributions of biological and cultural diversity, to the development of indicators as tools to measure, assess, and monitor the state and trends of biocultural diversity, to on-the-ground implementation in field projects. This book is a unique compendium and analysis of projects from all around the world that take an integrated biocultural approach to sustaining cultures and biodiversity. The 45 projects reviewed exemplify a new focus in conservation: this is based on the emerging realization that protecting and restoring biodiversity and maintaining and revitalizing cultural diversity and cultural vitality are intimately, indeed inextricably, interrelated. Published with Terralingua and IUCN

Author : Alfredo Ortega-Rubio
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030472641

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Socio-ecological Studies in Natural Protected Areas by Alfredo Ortega-Rubio Pdf

This book explores the interactions of local inhabitants and environmental systems in the Protected Natural Areas of Mexico. Its goal is to help understand how social groups contextualize ecological knowledge, how human activities contribute to modifying the environmental matrix, how cultural and economic aspects influence the use, management and conservation of their ecological environment, and how social phenomena are to be viewed against the backdrop of ecological knowledge. The book reviews the epistemological and historical bases of the socio-ecological relationship, and addresses the evolution of human-natural systems. From a methodological standpoint, it assesses the tools required for the integration of “human” and “natural” dimensions in the management of the environmental matrix. Further, in the case studies section, it reviews valuable recent experiences concerning the retro-interactions of local inhabitants with their environmental matrix. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers and professionals all over the world, especially those working in Latin American countries.

Author : Fausto O. Sarmiento
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031132988

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Montology Palimpsest by Fausto O. Sarmiento Pdf

This book introduces an innovative approach to sustainable and regenerative mountain development. Transdisciplinary to biophysical and biocultural scales, it provides answers to the "what, when, how, why, and where" that researchers question on mountains, including the most challenging: So What! Forwarding thinking in its treatment of core subjects, this decolonial, non-hegemonic volume inaugurates the Series with contributions of seasoned montologists, and invites the reader to an engaging excursion to ascend the rugged topography of paradigms, with the scaffolding hike of ambitious curiosity typical of mountain explorers. Chapter 8 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Brendan Coolsaet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429639166

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Environmental Justice by Brendan Coolsaet Pdf

Environmental Justice: Key Issues is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive and accessible overview of environmental justice, one of the most dynamic fields in environmental politics scholarship. The rapidly growing body of research in this area has brought about a proliferation of approaches; as such, the breadth and depth of the field can sometimes be a barrier for aspiring environmental justice students and scholars. This book therefore is unique for its accessible style and innovative approach to exploring environmental justice. Written by leading international experts from a variety of professional, geographic, ethnic, and disciplinary backgrounds, its chapters combine authoritative commentary with real-life cases. Organised into four parts—approaches, issues, actors and future directions—the chapters help the reader to understand the foundations of the field, including the principal concepts, debates, and historical milestones. This volume also features sections with learning outcomes, follow-up questions, references for further reading and vivid photographs to make it a useful teaching and learning tool. Environmental Justice: Key Issues is the ideal toolkit for junior researchers, graduate students, upper-level undergraduates, and anyone in need of a comprehensive introductory textbook on environmental justice.

Author : Sarah Clement
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030603502

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Governing the Anthropocene by Sarah Clement Pdf

This book focuses on the present and future challenges of managing ecosystem transformation on a planet where human impacts are pervasive. In this new epoch, the Anthropocene, the already rapid rate of species loss is amplified by climate change and other stress factors, causing transformation of highly-valued landscapes. Many locations are already transforming into novel ecosystems, where new species, interactions, and ecological functions are creating landscapes unlike anything seen before. This has sparked contentious debate not just about science, but about decision-making, responsibility, fairness, and human capacity to intervene. Clement argues that the social and ecological reality of the Anthropocene requires modernised governance and policy to confront these new challenges and achieve ecological objectives. There is a real opportunity to enable society to cope with transformed ecosystems by changing governance, but this is notoriously difficult. Aimed at anyone involved in these conversations, be those researchers, practitioners, decision makers or students, this book brings together diffuse research exploring how to confront institutional change and ecological transformation in different contexts, and provides insight into how to translate governance concepts into productive pathways forward.

Author : Chanthalangsy, Phinith,Crowley, John
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789231010064

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Philosophy manual: a South-South perspective by Chanthalangsy, Phinith,Crowley, John Pdf

Author : Bram Buscher,Robert Fletcher
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781788737715

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The Conservation Revolution by Bram Buscher,Robert Fletcher Pdf

A post-capitalist manifesto for conservation Conservation needs a revolution. This is the only way it can contribute to the drastic transformations needed to come to a truly sustainable model of development. The good news is that conservation is ready for revolution. Heated debates about the rise of the Anthropocene and the current ‘sixth extinction’ crisis demonstrate an urgent need and desire to move beyond mainstream approaches. Yet the conservation community is deeply divided over where to go from here. Some want to place ‘half earth’ into protected areas. Others want to move away from parks to focus on unexpected and ‘new’ natures. Many believe conservation requires full integration into capitalist production processes. Building a razor-sharp critique of current conservation proposals and their contradictions, Büscher and Fletcher argue that the Anthropocene challenge demands something bigger, better and bolder. Something truly revolutionary. They propose convivial conservation as the way forward. This approach goes beyond protected areas and faith in markets to incorporate the needs of humans and nonhumans within integrated and just landscapes. Theoretically astute and practically relevant, The Conservation Revolution offers a manifesto for conservation in the twenty-first century—a clarion call that cannot be ignored.

Author : Julie L. Lockwood,Michael L. McKinney
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461512615

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Biotic Homogenization by Julie L. Lockwood,Michael L. McKinney Pdf

Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be replaced by already widespread biotas that can tolerate human activities. This process is affecting all aspects of our world: language, economies, and ecosystems alike. The ultimate outcome is the loss of uniqueness and the growth of uniformity. In this way, fast food restaurants exist in Moscow and Java Sparrows breed on Hawaii. Biological homogenization qualifies as a global environmental catastrophe. The Earth has never witnessed such a broad and complete reorganization of species distributions.