This book draws on world-wide experiences and valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations. The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems. This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.
Ranjay Kumar Singh, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
Nancy J. Turner, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Victoria Reyes-Garcia, ICREA and Institut de Ciencia i Technologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Jules Pretty, Essex Sustainability Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK