The player will show in this paragraph
Common assumptions about the relationships between cultural uses of resources and conservation are based on false information. Cultural uses of resources can both deplete biodiversity and conserve and enhance biodiversity. The relationship between resource use and conservation varies greatly over different cultures and changes over time. Modern conservation programs and traditional resource management systems often have similar outcomes but are based on different concepts. Human cultures shape their environment and human cultures are also shaped by their environment. The conservation of cultures and of natural resources are fundamentally interconnected. This episode is a presentation of the kinds of research being conducted by ethnoecologists and the roles that local cultures play in conservation of biodiversity.
Production Credits
Presented by: Tamara Ticktin
Themes and Content by: Isabella Abbott, Al Keali'i Chock, Will McClatchey, My Lien Nguyen, Tamara
Ticktin, and David Webb
Series Special Presentations and Content by:
Tony A.B. Cunningham, Catherine Davenport, Orou Gaoue, Lisa X. Gollin, Y. Han
Lau, Spencer Leinweber, Mark Merlin, Levon ‘ohai, Joseph Ostraff, Melinda
Ostraff, Orlo Steele, Clay Trauernicht, Art Whistler, Namaka Whitehead, and
Kawika Winter
Post Production Critique by: Al Keali'i Chock,
Momi Kamahele, Kiope Raymond, and University of Hawai`i at Manoa Botany 105
Students (Fall 2005)
Camera Work by: David Reedy, David Strauch, and
Michael B. Thomas
Video and Sound Editing by: Markus Faigle, David
Reedy, David Strauch, and Michael B. Thomas
Audio Production by: Will McClatchey and David
Reedy
Consulting by: Edo Biagoni, Kim Bridges, Pauline
Chinn, Valerie McClatchey, Hae Okimoto, Nelda Quinsell, and Ingelia White
Funding provided by: University of Hawai'i,
Department of Botany; University of Hawai'i, Information Technology Services;
University of Hawai'i, College of Natural Sciences; University of Hawai'i,
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs; National Center for Academic
Transformation; and University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Chancellor
Inspiration from:
Isabella Abbott, Michael Balick, Brad Bennett, Brent Berlin, Paul Cox, Memory
Elvin-Lewis, Timothy Johns, Beatrice Krauss, Walter Lewis, Richard Evans
Schultes, Gail Wagner and the members of The Society for Economic Botany.
Video Options (36 min)
AVI (2008)
Quick Time (2008)
MPEG (2007)
Quick Time (2006)
Real Media (2005)
Readings
Balick, M. & P.Cox. 1996. Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany. Scientific American, New York. Pages 128-132, 179-183, 195-208.
Audio (34 min)
Files