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At Cultural Survival, conservation is a people issue, not a biological one. Trees don't cut themselves. Streams don't pollute themselves. the ozone layer is not self-destructing. We are the ones putting our environment in peril.
Conservation is the wise use of resources in such a way that future generations will be able to benefit from the same resources base. Conservation. however, does not mean preservation. It does not mean building fences, around the world's resources or buying significant amounts of land to preserve them. All of the world's land and resources are claimed by different peoples, and most have been used by these peoples since long before the creation of the states or legal systems that today control or regulate these riches. For indigenous peoples, conservation is nothing short of survival.
There are those who see indigenous peoples as the once and future resource managers, and there are those who see them as the main destroyers of some of the Earth's most fragile ecosystems. Many conservationists and biological scientists note that some indigenous groups are degrading their surroundings by using firearms, dynamite, and headlight hunting and by selling off timber and endangered species. Unfortunately, this conclusion plays into the hands of states and corporations that want to appropriate indigenous lands and resources, Conversely, anthropologists and human rights activists often err on the side of romanticism, praising the ways that indigenous peoples live in balance with nature.
The reality is somewhere in between: indigenous resource managements systems are in relatively sustainable balance with nature. But indigenous peoples are not do not try to tell us how to get our houses in order. Their world views and beliefs about the environment lead to specific systems of resource management - some of them sustainable, some not. Some individuals conserve more than others. None of this is terribly different from our own societies.
Which conditions encourage indigenous people living in fragile environments to conserve resources? The most important is land rights, if they own the resource base, they are less likely to degrade it. Local organization is important too. Autonomy and increased access to information, too, are key to their survival.
Indigenous peoples are also modifying their resource use in response to economic, social, population, and political pressers. For example, scientists probably conduct no more than one percent of the field trials for new crops, mixed cropping systems, or agroforestry experiments. These trials are performed primarily by indigenous peoples and poor peasants, whose living depend on such innovation.
Finally, as the world learns more about how indigenous peoples survive and prosper in fragile habitats, consumers must also renew efforts to halt or reduce environmentally degrading practices closer to home.
Conservation is the wise use of resources in such a way that future generations will be able to benefit from the same resources base. Conservation. however, does not mean preservation. It does not mean building fences, around the world's resources or buying significant amounts of land to preserve them. All of the world's land and resources are claimed by different peoples, and most have been used by these peoples since long before the creation of the states or legal systems that today control or regulate these riches. For indigenous peoples, conservation is nothing short of survival.
There are those who see indigenous peoples as the once and future resource managers, and there are those who see them as the main destroyers of some of the Earth's most fragile ecosystems. Many conservationists and biological scientists note that some indigenous groups are degrading their surroundings by using firearms, dynamite, and headlight hunting and by selling off timber and endangered species. Unfortunately, this conclusion plays into the hands of states and corporations that want to appropriate indigenous lands and resources, Conversely, anthropologists and human rights activists often err on the side of romanticism, praising the ways that indigenous peoples live in balance with nature.
The reality is somewhere in between: indigenous resource managements systems are in relatively sustainable balance with nature. But indigenous peoples are not do not try to tell us how to get our houses in order. Their world views and beliefs about the environment lead to specific systems of resource management - some of them sustainable, some not. Some individuals conserve more than others. None of this is terribly different from our own societies.
Which conditions encourage indigenous people living in fragile environments to conserve resources? The most important is land rights, if they own the resource base, they are less likely to degrade it. Local organization is important too. Autonomy and increased access to information, too, are key to their survival.
Indigenous peoples are also modifying their resource use in response to economic, social, population, and political pressers. For example, scientists probably conduct no more than one percent of the field trials for new crops, mixed cropping systems, or agroforestry experiments. These trials are performed primarily by indigenous peoples and poor peasants, whose living depend on such innovation.
Finally, as the world learns more about how indigenous peoples survive and prosper in fragile habitats, consumers must also renew efforts to halt or reduce environmentally degrading practices closer to home.
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nowadays common news are sea level rising,droughts,famine,pollution all these are due to human activities. humans exploit nature in many ways such as :
cutting trees for building houses
polluting the air by commonly due to vehicles and factories.
we disturb the ecosystem by cutting trees and leaving hundreds of animals homeless.
due to all these reasons disaster rate is increasing. now we have to conserve to avoid all these disasters
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