Nature and Culture Rebuilding Lost Connections [Paperback]

There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity. But this division is not universal and, in many cases, has been deepened by the common disciplinary divide between the natural and social sciences and our apparent need to manage and control nature. 

This book goes beyond divisive definitions and investigates the bridges linking biological and cultural diversity. The international team of authors explore the common drivers of loss, and argue that policy responses should target both forms of diversity in a novel integrative approach to conservation, thus reducing the gap between science, policy and practice. While conserving nature alongside human cultures presents unique challenges, this book forcefully shows that any hope for saving biological diversity is predicated on a concomitant effort to appreciate and protect cultural diversity.

1. Nature and Culture: An Introduction 

Part I: Science in Practice 

2. Bridging the Gap: Interdisciplinarity, Biocultural Diversity and Conservation 

3. Measuring Status and Trends in Biological and Cultural Diversity 

Part II: Landscape and Diversity 

4. No Land Apart: Nature, Culture, Landscape 

5. From Colonial Encounter to Decolonizing Encounters. Culture and Nature seen from the Andean Cosmovision of Ever: the Nurturance of Life as Whole 

6. The Dual Erosion of Biological and Cultural Diversity: Implications for the Health of Eco-Cultural Systems 

Part III: Hunting 

7. Biodiversity and Cultural Diversity: The Interdependent and the Indistinguishable 

8. Challenging Animals: Project and Process in Hunting 

Part IV: Al3.