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Título del libro: Encyclopedia Of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7
Título del capítulo: Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity

Autores UNAM:
VICTOR MANUEL TOLEDO MANZUR;
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Año de publicación:
2024
Palabras clave:

Bio?cultural axiom; Commons; Diversity of cultures; Ethnoecology; Indigenous peoples; Linguistic diversity; Local empowerment; Natural Resources management; Participatory conservation and Sacred ecology


Resumen:

Indigenous people number more than 300 million. They are inhabitants of practically every main biome of the earth and especially of the least disturbed terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the world. Based on an exhaustive review of published data, this article stresses the strategic importance of indigenous peoples in the maintenance and conservation of the world's biodiversity. Four main links between biodiversity and indigenous peoples are examined: the correlation between biological richness and cultural diversity on both geopolitical and biogeographic terms, the strategic importance of indigenous peoples in the biomass appropriation; the remarkable overlap between indigenous territories and the world's remaining areas of high biodiversity; and the importance of indigenous views, knowledge, and practices in biodiversity conservation. The article finishes by emphasizing the urgent need for recognizing a new bio?cultural axiom: that the world's biodiversity will be effectively preserved only by preserving diversity of cultures and vice versa. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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