Lore

Download or read book Lore written by Martha Johnson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the results of a workshop on the documentation and application of traditional environmental knowledge through community-based research. The workshop brought together a small number of teams from most regions of the world to discuss effective methods for documenting the unique environmental knowledge and understanding that characterizes the heritage of all indigenous peoples around the world. Includes: Canada1s North (the Dene, reindeer management in the Belcher Islands); the South Pacific (Marovo area of the Solomon islands); the African Sahel (oral history); and Northern Thailand (development). Maps.