On Biocultural Diversity-TOC: conference proceedings edited by Luisa Maffi

On Biocultural Diversity
Linking Language, Knowledge, and the Environment
Edited by Luisa Maffi

Introduction: On the Interdependence of Biological and Cultural Diversity: Luisa Maffi

On the Meaning and Moral Imperative of Diversity: David Harmon
Biodiversity and the Loss of Lineages: Brent D. Mishler
Why Linguists Need Languages: Greville G. Corbett
On the Coevolution of Cultural, Linguistic, and Biological Diversity: Eric A. Smith
Prospects for the Persistence of "Endemic" Cultural Systems of Traditional Environmental Knowledge: A Zapotec Example: Eugene S. Hunn
Ecolinguistics, Linguistic Diversity, Ecological Diversity: Peter Mühlhäusler
Cultural Perceptions of Ecological Interactions: An "Endangered People's" Contribution to the Conservation of Biological and Linguistic Diversity: Gary P. Nabhan
The Vanishing Landscape of the Petén Maya Lowlands: People, Plants, Animals, Places, Words, and Spirits: Scott Atran
Dimensions of Attrition in Language Death: Jane H. Hill
Acculturation and Ethnobotanical Knowledge Loss among the Piaroa of Venezuela: Demonstration of a Quantitative Method for the Empirical Study of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Change: Stanford Zent
Measuring the Evolution and Devolution of Folk-Biological Knowledge: Phillip Wolff and Douglas L. Medin
Some Problems of Describing Linguistic and Ecological Knowledge: Andrew Pawley
Linguistic Diversity and Biodiversity: Some Implications for the Language Sciences: Jeffrey Wollock

Biodiversity and Loss of Indigenous Languages and Knowledge in South America: Manuel Lizarralde
Aspects and Implications of Ecological Diversity in Forest Societies of the Brazilian Amazon: Katharine Milton
Environment, Culture, and Sirionó Plant Names: William L. Balée
The Endangered Languages of Africa: A Case Study from Botswana: Herman M. Batibo
Threats to Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study from Eastern Indonesia: Margaret Florey
On the Value of Ecological Knowledge to the Kalam of Papua New Guinea: An Insider's View: Saem Majnep with Andrew Pawley
Wa Huya Ania Ama Vutti Yo'oriwa--The Wilderness World Is Respected Greatly: Truth from the Yoeme Communities of the Sonoran Desert: Felipe S. Molina
Resource Management in Amazonia: Caboclo and Ribereño Traditions: Christine Padoch and Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez

Biological and Cultural Diversity: The Inextricable, Linked by Language and Politics: Darrell A. Posey
Linguistic Human Rights in Education for Language Maintenance: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Language, Knowledge, and Indigenous Heritage Rights: Luisa Maffi
A Tape Documentation Project for Native Brazilian Languages: Denny Moore
The Role of the Global Network of Indigenous Knowledge Resource Centers in the Conservation of Cultural and Biological Diversity: D. Michael Warren
Indigenous Peoples and Conservation: Misguided Myths in the Maya Tropical Forest: James D. Nations
Biocultural Diversity and Local Power in Mexico: Challenging Globalization: Victor M. Toledo
Language, Ethnobotanical Knowledge, and Tropical Public Health: Thomas J. Carlson
Indigenous Peoples and the Uses and Abuses of Ecotourism: Ben G. Blount
Protectors, Prospectors, and Pirates of Biological Resources: Stephen B. Brush

Possibilities after Progress: Richard B. Norgaard
Silent No More: California Indians Reclaim Their Culture--And They Invite You to Listen: L. Frank Manriquez