- Title
- Reappraising the concept of biocultural diversity: a perspective from South Africa
- Creator
- Cocks, Michelle L, Wiersum, K Freerk
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141176
- Identifier
- vital:37950
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1007/s10745-014-9681-5
- Description
- Biocultural diversity has been conceptualised as the sum of the world’s differences regarding biological diversity at all levels and cultural diversity in all its manifestations, and their interactions. The concept is often framed in the context of conservation as a retention versus loss model by emphasizing the religious and spiritual values of the natural environment and the positive interactions between traditional indigenous people and conservation of natural ecosystems and indigenous species. On the basis of our research amongst the ‘non-traditional’ amaXhosa in South Africa, we argue that this interpretation is too narrow and that the concept needs to be reappraised in order to capture the dynamic, complex and relational nature of bio-cultural diversity relations. We conclude that the concept involves a complex of human values and practices related to the three main dimensions of biodiversity at landscapes, species and genetic levels.
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Human ecology, Cocks, M.L. and Wiersum, F., 2014. Reappraising the concept of biocultural diversity: a perspective from South Africa. Human Ecology, 42(5), pp.727-737., Human ecology volume 42 number 5 727 737 July 2014 0300-7839
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