¿Cuán predictivo es el conocimiento ecológico tradicional? El caso del sistema de enriquecimiento del acahual Locandon.

From: Interciencia | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: Levy Tacher, Samuel Israel; Duncan Golicher, John | Copyright information

HOW PREDICTIVE IS TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE? THE CASE OF THE LACANDON MAYA FALLOW ENRICHMENT SYSTEM

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is being increasingly respected as a source of information which can be used to guide conservation, management and restoration of natural resources (Gadgil et al., 1993; Ford and Martínez, 2000). However, in order to draw on this reservoir of information ecologists must learn to respect its cultural significance while evaluati...