Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature: Indigenous People and Protected Spaces of Nature

Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature brings together anthropologists and archaeologists, historians, linguists, policy specialists, communications scholars, and Indigenous experts to discuss differing views and presents a compelling case for the possibility of more productive discussions on the environment, sustainability, and nature protection. Drawing on case studies from Scandinavia to Latin America and from North America to New Zealand, the volume challenges the old paradigm where Indigenous peoples are not included in the conservation and protection of natural areas and instead calls for the incorporation of Indigenous voices into this debate.

This original and timely edited collection offers a global perspective on the social, cultural, economic, and environmental challenges facing Indigenous peoplesand their governmental and NGO counterparts in the co­management of the planet’s vital and precious preserved spaces of nature.