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Fresh banana leaves healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science

An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why Western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the fact that Indigenous communities are a...

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Main Author: Hernandez, Jessica, 1990- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Huichin, unceded Ohlone land aka Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2022]
Subjects:
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Ethnoecology.
Indigenous peoples > Social life and customs.
Women and the environment > Latin America.
Indian women > Agriculture > Latin America.
Environmentalism > Social aspects > Latin America.
Environmental protection > Latin America.
Human ecology > Latin America.
Ecofeminism > Latin America.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Indigenous teaching: nature protects you as long as you protect nature
  • Ecocolonialism of indigenous landscapes
  • Birth of Western conservation
  • Indigenous science: indigenous stewardship and management of lands
  • Ecowars: seeking environmental justice
  • Tierra Madre: indigenous women & ecofeminism
  • Ancestral foods: cooking with fresh banana leaves
  • Indigenizing conservation: healing indigenous landscapes.

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