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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585785703321

Autore

Franco M. Merlin

Titolo

Case Studies in Biocultural Diversity from Southeast Asia : Traditional Ecological Calendars, Folk Medicine and Folk Names / / edited by F. Merlin Franco, Magne Knudsen, Noor Hasharina Hassan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9789811667190

9811667195

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Asia in Transition, , 2364-8260 ; ; 19

Classificazione

FOR000000SCI020000SCI030000SOC002000SOC015000

Altri autori (Persone)

FrancoM. Merlin

KnudsenMagne

HassanNoor Hasharina

Disciplina

333.9516

Soggetti

Biodiversity

Anthropology

Human geography

Asia - Languages

Human ecology - Study and teaching

Human Geography

Asian Languages

Environmental Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Temporal Dimensions of Low-Cost, High-Skill Fisheries in the Central Visayas, Philippines -- The Unsung Heroes in Indigenous Landscape Management -- Case Study from Rancakalong of West Java, Indonesia -- The Intersection of Kedayan Folk Medicine and Traditional Ecological Calendar -- Traditional Medicinal Knowledge of Vendors and Their Contribution Towards Community Healthcare in Baguio City, Philippines -- Case Study with the Urang Kanekes of Banten, Indonesia -- Case Study with the Vaie People of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Sommario/riassunto

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.