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social science subjects > geography > human geography > environment and people > indigenous environmental practices

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indigenous environmental practices  

Definition

  • Indigenous environmental practices can be thought of as a combination of behaviors, knowledge, and beliefs. In other words, indigenous practices are embedded in a larger sociocultural context that includes both the social institutions that regulate and convey knowledge and larger cosmologies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Indigenous Environmental Practices]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NWCMCFF6-5

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