Indigenous Knowledge and Ethics

Darrell A. Posey, who died in 2001, was internationally known for his advocacy of indigenous peoples: from his pioneering association with the Kayapó of Brazil to his global campaign to protect indigenous knowledge and practices using the concept of Traditional Resource Rights. Edited by Kristiana Plenderleith.

• 1 Introduction to ethnobiology: its implications and applications PART I Ethnoentomology 2 Topics and issues in ethnoentomology with some suggestions for the development of hypothesis-generation and testing in ethnobiology 3 Ethnoentomological survey of Brazilian Indians 4 Entomological considerations in south-eastern aboriginal demography 5 An ethnoentomological perspective of the south-eastern Indian belief system PART II Wider applications of indigenous knowledge 6 The application of ethnobiology in the conservation of dwindling natural resources: lost knowledge or options for the survival of the planet 7 Ethnobiology and ethnodevelopment: importance of traditional knowledge and traditional peoples 8 Ethnoecology as applied anthropology in Amazonian development 9 The perception of ecological zones and natural resources in the Brazilian Amazon: an ethnoecology of Lake Coari 10 Diachronic ecotones and anthropogenic landscapes in Amazonia: contesting the consciousness of conservation 11 Indigenous knowledge, biodiversity, and international rights: learning about forests from the Kayapó Indians of the Brazilian Amazon PART III Intellectual property rights and ethical concerns 12 Intellectual property rights: what is the position of ethnobiology? 13 Indigenous knowledge and green consumerism: co-operation or conflict? 14 Traditional Resource Rights (TRR): de facto self-determination for indigenous peoples 15 Finders keepers won’t do any more: Darrell Posey says the time has come for a rethink on bioprospecting 16 Indigenous peoples and Traditional Resource Rights:a basis for equitable relationships? 17 The ‘balance sheet’ and the ‘sacred balance’: valuing the knowledge of indigenous and traditional peoples