Serena Heckler received her Ph.D. in ethnobotany, environmental anthropology and sustainable development from Cornell University and is a research fellow at Durham University. She has lived and worked with the Wõthihã of the Venezuelan Amazon, studying the ways in which the market economy and demographic change have affected their environmental knowledge. She is currently undertaking participatory research on similar themes with the Shuar of Ecuador, in collaboration with the Intercultural University of Indigenous Peoples and Nations-Amawtay Wasi based in Quito, Ecuador.

• List of figures, maps and tablesList of contributorsPrefaceRoy EllenPART I: THE CURRENT STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE RESEARCHChapter 1. IntroductionSerena HecklerChapter 2. A genealogy of scientific representations of indigenous knowledgeStanford ZentPART II: ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND POWERChapter 3. The cultural and economic globalisation of traditional environmental knowledge systemsMiguel AlexiadesChapter 4. Competing and coexisting with cormorants: Ambiguity and change in European wetlandsDavid N. Carss and Mariella MarzanoChapter 5. Pathways to developmen: Identity, landscape & industry in Papua New GuineaEmma GilberthorpePART III: PROCESS IN ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGEChapter 6. How do they see it? Traditional resource management, disturbance and biodiversity conservation in Papua New GuineaWilliam ThomasChapter 7. Wild plants as agricultural indicators: Linking Ethnobotany with traditional ecological knowledgeTakeshi FujimotoChapter 8. How does migration affect ethnobotanical knowledge and social organisation in a west Papuan village?Manuel BoissièrePART IV: LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGEChapter 9. Reproduction and development of expertise within communities of practice: A case study of fishing activities in south ButonDaniel VermondenChapter 10. Review of an attempt to apply the carrying capacity concept in the New Guinea highlands: Cultural practice disconcerts ecological expectationPaul SillitoeChapter 11. Managing the Gabra Oromo commons of Kenya, past and presentAneesa Kassam and Francis Chachu GanyaNotes on contributorsIndex

“…presents an excellent overview of the study of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK)and the directions in which it has evolved in recent years…Individually but especially together, the contributors of this volume do a fine job at providing a contextualized and fluid understanding of TEK…I have no hesitation in recommending this volume not only to anyone wishing to catch up on recent developments in TEK research, but also as a useful teaching resource in a range of anthropology courses.”  ·  JRAI“This volume succeeds in its purpose to dislodge enduring western notions of TEK [traditional environmental knowledge] as static and to firmly center it within an analytical framework of landscape, process, and power…The critical perspectives of the authors of this book would prompt lively discussion in the classroom, and the books grounding in ethnographic detail and applications are of interest to both research academics and practitioners.”  ·  Ethnobiology Letters