00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862467546 Buklod 20230830165914.0 m | | ta 230830s2021 enka rb |001 0|eng d 9780367692957 (iLib)UPBAG-00046823904 BC-73312 Forefront Book Co., Inc. Php2,318.00 Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology DLC BAG rda eng GN 476.7 U58 2021 Unuigbe, Ngozi F. author. Traditional ecological knowledge and global pandemics biodiversity and planetary health beyond Covid-19 Ngozi Finette Unuigbe. Abingdon, Oxon, [England] Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group 2021. 83 pages illustration 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Routledge focus on environment & sustainability Includes bibliographical references and index. Pandemics and the environment -- Why traditional ecological knowledge matters -- Complementarity of traditional ecological knowledge and mainstream science -- Restoring land, community and health -- Synergizing TEK and mainstream science to promote planetary health. "This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics. The reduction of species diversity has increased the risk of global pandemics and it is therefore not only imperative to articulate and disseminate knowledge on the linkages between human activities and the transmission of viruses to humans, but also to create policy pathways for operationalizing that knowledge to help solve future problems. Although this book has been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it lays a policy foundation for the effective management or possible prevention of similar pandemics in the future. One effective way of establishing this linkage with a view to promoting planet health is by understanding the traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous peoples with a view to demonstrating the significant impact it has on keeping nature intact. This book argues for the deployment of traditional ecological knowledge for land use management in the preservation of biodiversity as a means for effectively managing the transmission of viruses from animals to humans and ensuring planetary health. The book is not projecting traditional ecological knowledge as a panacea to pandemics but rather accentuating its critical role in the effective mitigation of future pandemics. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous studies, animal ecology, environmental ethics and environmental studies more broadly."--Provided by publisher. Traditional ecological knowledge. COVID-19 (Disease) Environmental aspects. Nature Effect of human beings on. Ecosystem health. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN GN 476.7 U58 2021 Book