{"product_id":"traditional-forest-related-knowledge-sustaining-communities-ecosystems-and-biocultural-diversity-9789400721432","title":"Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge: Sustaining Communities, Ecosystems and Biocultural Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John A. Parrotta\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Agriculture - Forestry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring a topic of vital and ongoing importance, \u003ci\u003eTraditional Forest Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e examines the history, current status and trends in the development and application of traditional forest knowledge by local and indigenous communities worldwide. It considers the interplay between traditional beliefs and practices and formal forest science and interrogates the often uneasy relationship between these different knowledge systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contents also highlight efforts to conserve and promote traditional forest management practices that balance the environmental, economic and social objectives of forest management. It places these efforts in the context of recent trends towards the devolution of forest management authority in many parts of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes regional chapters covering North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Australia-Pacific region. As well as relating the general factors mentioned above to these specific areas, these chapters cover issues of special regional significance, such as the importance of traditional knowledge and practices for food security, economic development and cultural identity. Other chapters examine topics ranging from key policy issues to the significant programs of regional and international organisations, and from research ethics and best practices for scientific study of traditional knowledge to the adaptation of traditional forest knowledge to climate change and globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Forestry, the oldest of the resource management sciences, has been coming under pressure in recent years to incorporate multiple values. \u003ci\u003eTraditional Forest-Related Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable for its comprehensive coverage of world regions and 'hot' topics such as globalization, climate change and research ethics. It is a unique book, marking a breakthrough with its authoritative treatment of alternative sources of knowledge and multiple perspectives, and contributing to a paradigm change in forest management.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Fikret Berkes, Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Manitoba, and author of \u003ci\u003eSacred Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45274443743383,"sku":"9789400721432","price":14690.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789400721432.webp?v=1769279940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/traditional-forest-related-knowledge-sustaining-communities-ecosystems-and-biocultural-diversity-9789400721432","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}