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01.12.2007 | Editorial

Indigenous Perspectives on Ecosystem Sustainability and Health

verfasst von: Carolyn Stephens, Margot W. Parkes, Healani Chang

Erschienen in: EcoHealth | Ausgabe 4/2007

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Indigenous peoples have been guardians of our global environment and its medicines for millennia—built on a communal view of humanity and its links to the ecosystem. Yet as the new millennium rolls out, Indigenous peoples are among those most marginalized within many nation states, they have the worst health indicators, and their knowledge continues to be threatened as the land and resources they depend on are appropriated, developed, degraded, or destroyed. …

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Titel: Indigenous Perspectives on Ecosystem Sustainability and Health
verfasst von: Carolyn Stephens
Margot W. Parkes
Healani Chang
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2007
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: EcoHealth / Ausgabe 4/2007
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-007-0140-2

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