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| TITLE: |
Cultural erosion and biodiversity : canoe-making knowledge in Pohnpei, Micronesia / Berry J. Brosi [et al.]. |
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Canoe-making knowledge in Pohnpei, Micronesia. |
| AUTHOR: |
Brosi, Berry J. [et al.]. |
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Serials articles (Pac.). |
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S.l. : n.p., 2007. |
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p. 1-5 : charts ; 28 cm. |
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From: Conservation Biology, vol. 11, no. 1, 2007 |
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"Erosion of traditional knowledge and practice is a serious and accelerating problem, but quantitative work on traditional knowledge loss and its importance to biodiversity conservation is lacking. We investigated traditional knowledge of canoe-making, a skill heavily dependent on plant biodiversity, on Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, through a survey of 180 island residents. Our results showed that there has been an intergenerational erosion of canoe-making skills. Given current trends, the present generation of Pohnpeians may be the last to retain any knowledge of this traditional craft..." |
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Canoes and canoeing--Pohnpei (Micronesia). |
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Conservation. |
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Traditional knowledge. |
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Balick, Michael J. |
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Kostka, Mark. |
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Lee-Ling, Dana. |
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Wolkow, Robert. |
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Raynor, William. |
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Traditional canoe-making skills lost in Pohnpei? |
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