Essays about: "Ethnoecology"

Found 2 essays containing the word Ethnoecology.

  1. 1. Environmental Conservation Conflicts in Swedish Sapmi: Sami Ethnoecology and the Struggle for an Indigenous Conservation Paradigm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Alexandra McFadden; [2022]
    Keywords : Environmental conservation; land use; Sami ethnoecology; human ecology; environmentalism; Sweden; Sapmi.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given a backdrop of industrial land use fractures in Northern Sweden, the kind of human-environmental relations cultivated in Sapmi has consequences for Sami indigenous sovereignty and ecological sustainability. Critically investigating different nature relations is of significance to Human Ecology fields in order to deepen knowledge on both unintended and intended consequences of how we understand and engage with environments. READ MORE

  2. 2. Salt is killing us: Salinity and livelihood in a Bangladesh village

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Ashiqur Rahman; [2010]
    Keywords : Salinity; Livelihood adaptation; Climate change; Bangladesh; Ethnoecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is the result of a minor field work in a coastal Bangladesh village where peoples are struggling to adapt with salt water intrusion. It describes how people in one community under climatic change or variability adapt to an acute problem, and how their perceptions of that environment, their Ethnoecology influence this response. READ MORE