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1. Introduce yourself to the group - Write a message to tell us about your background and experiences, and let the group know why you are interested in Biocultural Diversity
2. Check the Upcoming Events section for anything that might be happening in your town
3. Read up on the latest articles via our News Feed section or in the "Archives section" down below
4. Contribute back! Post an event, or share a resource you found, and help us add to the community knowledge base!
Upcoming Events
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Second International Workshop : Invasive Plants in the Mediterranean Type Reg...
Trabzon, Turkey
August 2, 2010 to August 6, 2010
Rococo Garden Party 2010
Painswick, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
August 20, 2010 to August 22, 2010
Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC)
Portland, United States
September 8, 2010 to September 10, 2010
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Resource Library
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Advance Guard: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitiga...
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Biocultural Diversity List of RSS Feeds
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Favorite Articles
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Fieldwork with Integrity: Inspiring Examples
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edited by JMPfeiffer 7 months ago |
Actualizing the 17 Principles
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edited by Nduarte about 1 year ago |
Observatories of biocultural diversity: establishing long...
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edited by cactus about 1 year ago |
Organizations involved in Biocultural Diversity
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International Society of Ethnobiology
Scope: international
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Bioneers
Scope: national
Type: Non Governmental Organization
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Indigenous Permaculture
Scope: regional
Type: Non Governmental Organization
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What is Biocultural Diversity?
Luisa Maffi, director of the Terralingua project, offers up this helpful explanation:
"Biocultural diversity comprises the diversity of life in all of its manifestations: biological, cultural, and linguistic, which are interrelated (and possibly coevolved) within a complex socio-ecological adaptive system."
The term refers to the co-evolution of biological and cultural systems, and how it has contributed to the diversity of life for people, animals, habitats and ecosystems.
These systems do not exist in isolation - if we examine everything in its totality, we will find that the interactions between these systems has played a strong role in guiding the development to where it is today.
Discussions
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Group Members
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Great links to check out
- The Climate Change Project: The Agrobiodiversity and Climate Change project, supported by Bioversity International and the Christensen Fund, aims to gather and make known information on the use of agrobiodiversity by communities facing climate change.
- The Flyways Project is a musical celebration of the great bird migration between Africa and Eurasia along the Great Rift Valley. It follows the birds’ long journeys using music of the cultures over which the birds fly, interwoven with the voices of the birds themselves. The project calls attention to the interconnectedness of all forms of diversity, from birds to local cultures, and to the need for international collaboration to protect them.
- Conversations With the World is a multimedia exhibition aiming to build a bridge between contrasting worlds by exploiting the piercing look in one person's eye, the delicate or the rough texture in another person's voice and the depth of the oral tradition of the people
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