Law for Country: the Structure of Warlpiri Ecological Knowledge and Its Application to Natural Resource Management and Ecosystem Stewardship

Law for Country: the Structure of Warlpiri Ecological Knowledge and Its Application to Natural Resource Management and Ecosystem Stewardship

Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK) is deeply encoded in social processes. Our research shows that from an Indigenous perspective, IEK is a way of living whose core aim is to sustain the healthy functioning of people and country through relationships of reciprocity. However, IEK is often portrayed...

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Main Authors: Miles C. C. Holmes, Wanta (Stephen Patrick) Jampijinpa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2013-09-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
Aboriginal Australians
anthropology
central Australia
cultural natural resource management
ecosystem stewardship
indigenous ecological knowledge
indigenous knowledge
indigenous land management
Northern Territory
Australia
social-ecological systems
Warlpiri
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss3/art19/

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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss3/art19/

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