Endogenous Development and Bio-Cultural Diversity

 

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Papers International Conference
3-5 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

Papers

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The matri-force as an option for sustainable development in Africa

Agnes Atia Apusigah

Ancient architecture in Sri Lanka: The concept of vaasthu

Sirisena Attanayake

Medicinal plant biodiversity and local healthcare:
Rural development and the potential to combat priority diseases

Gerard Bodeker

Hunhu/Ubuntu: A sustainable approach to endogenous development, bio-cultural diversity and protection of the environment in Africa

Vimbai G. Chivaura

The Fourth Way - An indigenous contribution for building sustainable peace and prosperity in the Americas

Four Worlds International and United Indians of All Tribes Foundation

Endogenous development and tribal worldviews:
Working with tribal communities in India

K.J.N. Gowtham Shankar

Endogenous development and bio-cultural diversity in Africa

Rachel V Gumbi

Challenges for endogenous development and bio-cultural diversity

Bertus Haverkort

Sacred sites and protected areas: An interplay of place-views

Liza Higgins-Zogib

The role and significance of religion and spirituality in endogenous development: A learning process between SDC and NGOs

Anne-Marie Holenstein

Indigenous institutions, governance and development: Community mobilization and natural resources management in Ghana

S.B. Kendie and B. Guri

Wildlife first, people last: The Maasai experience with wildlife conservation in Tanzania

O.T. Kibwana and R. Masandika

Conservation and adaptive management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

Parviz Koohafkan

Enhancing indigenous people’s forest knowledge

Marc P. Lammerink

Synergies between supporting endogenous development and participatory innovation: Development as methodologies for understanding and improving rural livelihoods

Brigid Letty and Laurens van Veldhuizen

Bio-cultural diversity for endogenous development: Lessons from research, policy, and on-the-ground experiences

Luisa Maffi

Promoting the diversity of worldviews: An ontological approach to biocultural diversity

Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Sébastien Boillat, and Stephan Rist

Raising the veils of aid: Development and diversity

Henk Molenaar

Approaches to food security and agriculture:
Options for constructing an agenda that builds on cultural diversity

David Nkanda and Samuel Batuuka

Las mujeres indígenas de Latinoamérica en la agenda del desarrollo

Aracely Pazmińo Montero

Transforming knowledge and ways of knowing for
food sovereignty and bio-cultural diversity

Michel Pimbert

Access & exclusion; assimilation & occupation:
the colonization of the word

Anna Pinto

Diversified culture and diversified meanings
The impact of microfinance in Koppal, India

Smita Premchander, L Jeyaseelan, V. Prameela
and M. Chidambaranathan

Ecology, spirituality and the sustainability of
the global community of life

Coen Reijntjes

The spectrum of endogenous development:
In search of a conceptual red line

Gaston Remmers

The importance of Bio-cultural Diversity for
Endogenous Development

Stephan Rist

Endogenous development and resilience:
The institutional dimension

Niels Röling

"The taste of knowledge": Workshopping in Northern Thailand

Maria A. Salas

Science, Systems, Spirit: Towards local and global societies with the sense and essence of inclusionality

Anne Stijkel

Protecting traditional knowledge: A framework based on
customary laws and bio-cultural heritage

Krystyna Swiderska

Hacia la soberanía alimentaria y la sostenibilidad de la agricultura campesina - Fundamentos para el desarrollo endógeno sostenible

Nelson Tapia

Intercultural dialogue in support of indigenous cultures: Indigenous knowledge curriculum design at Sichuan University, China

Hermann J. Tillmann and Maria A. Salas

An overview of cultural and spiritual values in ecosystem management and conservation strategies

Bas Verschuuren

Chronobiology of trees: Synthesis of traditional phytopractices and scientific research as tools of future forestry

Ernst Zürcher

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