Calendars and Ecosystem Management: Some Observations

Calendars and Ecosystem Management: Some Observations

Indigenous cultures evolve in relation to available natural resources that can be managed to provide livelihoods, both in temporal and spatial scales, leading to the development of anthropogenic biomes (Ellis 2011; Ellis and Ramankutty 2008; Xu et al. 2009). While the role of culture in traditional...

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Published in:Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 355 - 359
Main Author: Franco, F. Merlin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer 01-04-2015
Springer US
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Anthropogenic factors
Anthropology
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Calendars
Culture
Ecosystem management
Ecosystems
Environmental Management
Geography
Literature reviews
Native peoples
Natural resources
Social Sciences
Sociology
Collective Action
Lunar Calendar
Ecosystem Management
Intermediary Determinant
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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Summary:Indigenous cultures evolve in relation to available natural resources that can be managed to provide livelihoods, both in temporal and spatial scales, leading to the development of anthropogenic biomes (Ellis 2011; Ellis and Ramankutty 2008; Xu et al. 2009). While the role of culture in traditional ecosystem management is much studied, researchers generally pay less attention to community calendars that facilitate ecosystem management. In this brief literature review, I argue that indigenous calendrical systems are powerful instruments that direct individual as well as collective actions.
ISSN:0300-7839
1572-9915
DOI:10.1007/s10745-015-9740-6