Indigenous environmental knowledge : reappraisal

• Main Author: Edington, John M.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Life sciences
• Subjects: Traditional ecological knowledge.; Ethnoecology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319624914; 9783319624907
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book examines comprehensively for the first time, the scope and accuracy of indigenous environmental knowledge. It shows that in some spheres, including agriculture, house design, fuel and water manipulation, the high reputation of local observers is well deserved and often sufficiently insight...