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Human Ecology and Ethnobiology |
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Monday, 07 February 2005 |
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The Gene Anderson Webpage
My
major concern is saving the world's biotic environment. My life has
been devoted to protecting our plant and animal heritage, partly for
its own sake, but also for human use. I define "use" in the broadest
sense. Aesthetic, religious, and recreational uses of plants and
animals are important, and are closely tied to more "practical" or
"materialist" uses. I am dedicated to the goal of improving human life,
especially for the poor and ill, while also protecting other lives, and
using the planet in a more or less "sustainable" manner (however
defined).
To do this, I study cultural and political ecology, ethnobotany,
and ethnozoology. My main focus is on traditional resource management
and its transformations. I am primarily concerned with traditional
ecological knowledge, traditional resource management, and the contributions
these bring to modern life.
I am also interested in current moral controversies within the environmental
field, such as the questions around indigenous rights to their knowledge
and discoveries.
I will be regularly posting on this website various ideas on all
these questions in the "Blog" section.

California ethnobotany:
Yucca flowering, San Bernardino
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