Making people part of the plan: "Ethnomapping" draws on experience of indigenous peoples
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A technique known as Ethnomapping, is now implemented which might help chart a conservation-friendly future. A group of Nature Conservancy researchers has adopted it to help Amazonian Indians first grasp the scope of ecological damage done to their land, then plan ahead to better protect it.
Publication Name: Nature Conservancy
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-5200
Year: 2004
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Ignorance is not bliss
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Only 1.8 million of the 10 million species of organisms on earth are identified with nearly 20% facing extinction on account of our eco system. Ecologists are unable to come up with specifics to help in the decision-making for their development and conservation.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Big-sky prairie
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The author has described her experiences of being with nature and trying to relate to the prairie.
Publication Name: Nature Conservancy
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-5200
Year: 2007
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