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TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY: NEW MEANING TO ASIAN COASTAL PROVERBS
Author(s) -
Kurien John
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
ecological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.864
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-5582
pISSN - 1051-0761
DOI - 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)8[s2:tekaes]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - sustainability , ecosystem , meaning (existential) , relation (database) , ecology , environmental resource management , environmental ethics , geography , environmental science , psychology , biology , computer science , psychotherapist , philosophy , database
This article is about the traditional ecological knowledge contained in five proverbs that reveal the wisdom of Asian coastal communities in relation to the coastal ecosystems with which they interact. It attempts to examine these old truths in a search for providing new meanings which may help to obtain stimuli on questions regarding institutions, technology and policy orientation for ecosystem sustainability.