@article{1382072,
      recid = {1382072},
      author = {Kassam, Karim-Aly S.,},
      title = {Biocultural diversity and indigenous ways of knowing :  human ecology in the Arctic /},
      publisher = {University of Calgary Press,},
      address = {Calgary [Alta.] :},
      pages = {1 online resource ( (xiii, 270 pages) :},
      year = {2009},
      note = {Co-published by Arctic Institute of North America.},
      abstract = {"At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic challenges  face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human  beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting  threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and  cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the  Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges  and lead the way in seeking meaningful responses." "In  Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing,  author Karim-Aly Kassam positions the Arctic and sub-Arctic  as a homeland rather than simply a frontier for resource  exploitation. Kassam aims to empirically and theoretically  illustrate the synthesis between the cultural and  biological, using human ecology as a conceptual and  analytical lens. Drawing on research carried out in  partnership with indigenous northern communities, three  case studies illustrate that subsistence hunting and  gathering are not relics of an earlier era, but rather  remain essential to both cultural diversity and to human  survival." "This book deals with contemporary issues such  as climate change, indigenous knowledge, and the impact of  natural resource extraction. It is a narrative of  community-based research, in the service of the communities  for the benefit of the communities. It provides  resource-based industry, policy makers, and students with  an alternative way of engaging indigenous communities and  transforming our perspective on conservation of ecological  and cultural diversity."--BOOK JACKET.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1382072},
}