From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation

Rozzi, Ricardo; May Jr., Roy H.; Chapin III, F. Stuart; Massardo, Francisca; Gavin, Michael C.; Klaver, Irene J.; Pauchard, Aníbal; Nuñez, Martin A.; Simberloff, Daniel

To assess the social processes of globalization that are changing the way in which we co-inhabit the world today, this book invites the reader to essay the diversity of worldviews, with the diversity of ways to sustainably co-inhabit the planet. With a biocultural perspective that highlights planetary ecological and cultural heterogeneity, this book examines three interrelated themes: (1) biocultural homogenization, a global, but little perceived, driver of biological and cultural diversity loss that frequently entail social and environmental injustices; (2) biocultural ethics that considers –ontologically and axiologically– the complex interrelationships between habits, habitats, and co-inhabitants that shape their identity and well-being; (3) biocultural conservation that seeks social and ecological well-being through the conservation of biological and cultural diversity and their interrelationships.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2019-03-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319995120

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99513-7

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 481.0