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Product Description: Darrell A. Posey, who died in 2001, was internationally known for his support of indigenous peoples and their natural habitats, and particularly for his pioneering work with the Kayapó people of Brazil. He was an organiser of the First International Congress of Ethnobiology which resulted in the Declaration of Belem: the first instance of an international scientific organisation recognizing an obligation to compensate native peoples for use of their knowledge and biological resources...read more
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9780415323635 | Routledge, June 1, 2004, cover price $171.00 | About this edition: Darrell A.
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9780415511216 | Reprint edition (Routledge, November 25, 2011), cover price $54.95 | About this edition: Darrell A.
From the pre-Columbian era to the present, native Amazonians have shaped the land around them, emphasizing utilization, conservation, and sustainability. These priorities stand in stark contrast to colonial and contemporary exploitation of Amazonia by outside interests. With essays from environmental scientists, botanists, and anthropologists, this volume explores the various effects of human development on Amazonia. The contributors argue that by protecting and drawing on local knowledge and values, further environmental ruin can be avoided.
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9780231105880 | Columbia Univ Pr, June 30, 2006, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: From the pre-Columbian era to the present, native Amazonians have shaped the land around them, emphasizing utilization, conservation, and sustainability.
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9780231105897 | Columbia Univ Pr, August 30, 2006, cover price $42.00
Product Description: In both scientific research and public interest over the past two decades there has been a growing attention to environmental matters. This volume presents the views of a number of leading figures concerning the nature of environmental consciousness and the emergence of connections linking globalization (processes of intensifying social, political, and economic networks), globalism (our sense of the world as a whole), specific environments (such as rainforests or cities), and environmentalism (expressed in the activities of social movement organizations)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780199264520 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 25, 2004, cover price $165.00 | About this edition: In both scientific research and public interest over the past two decades there has been a growing attention to environmental matters.
Product Description: Darrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology. Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture presents a selection of his writings that result from 25 years of work with the Kayapó Indians of the Amazon Basin...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780415277914 | Routledge, April 1, 2002, cover price $155.00 | About this edition: Darrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology.
Product Description: Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific andpersonal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and social diversity. The volume highlights the central importance of cultural and spiritualvalues in the appreciation and preservation of all life and argues that these values give us a true reflection of worth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781853393945 | Intermediate Technology, February 1, 2000, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific andpersonal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and social diversity.
Product Description: Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific andpersonal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and social diversity. The volume highlights the central importance of cultural and spiritualvalues in the appreciation and preservation of all life and argues that these values give us a true reflection of worth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781853393976 | Practical Action Pub, February 1, 2000, cover price $79.95 | About this edition: Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific andpersonal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and social diversity.
Product Description: For indigenous peoplesâ groups, activists and policymakers in intellectual property, and all those concerned with the preservation of our planetâs biological and cultural diversity, Beyond Intellectual Property provides an invaluable and eye-opening look into one of the most provocative and explosive issues of this century and likely the next: the patenting of life...read more
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9780889367999 | Intl Development Research, December 1, 1996, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: For indigenous peoplesâ groups, activists and policymakers in intellectual property, and all those concerned with the preservation of our planetâs biological and cultural diversity, Beyond Intellectual Property provides an invaluable and eye-opening look into one of the most provocative and explosive issues of this century and likely the next: the patenting of life.
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9780893273408 | New York Botanical Garden Pr Dept, July 1, 1989, cover price $25.00
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