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This open access book demonstrates the linkages between local
languages, traditional knowledge, and biodiversity at the landscape
level in Asia, providing a fresh approach to discussions on Asia's
biocultural diversity. The book carries forward earlier analyses
but importantly focuses on 'traditional ecological calendars,'
'folk medicine,' and 'folk names' in the context of the vital
importance of maintaining biological, cultural, and linguistic
diversity. It does this by addressing a range of cases and issues
in relation to Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, and North-East India. The several
chapters demonstrate the ways in which the various forms of
knowledge of the environment and its categorizations are important
in areas such as landscape and resource management and
conservation. They also demonstrate that environmental knowledge
and the practical skills which accompany it are not necessarily
widely shared. This book sends important messages to those who care
about the sustainability of our environment, the maintenance of its
biocultural diversity, or at least the maintenance of what remains
of it because much has changed. This interdisciplinary collection
draws from a wide range of disciplines and is of appeal to students
and scholars in anthropology, environmental studies, geography,
biodiversity, and linguistics.
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