Traditional Ecological knowledge and resource management

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Please read: Berkes, Fikret (1999) ‘Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge’ and ‘Toward a unit of mind and nature’, in Berkes, F (1999) Sacred Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Resource Management, Taylor & Francis, London: 3-14 and 163- 183.
In a few sentences each, please answer any THREE of the following questions (include the number so we know which ones!). Broader insights and discussion welcome ??

1)      What is traditional ecological knowledge and why is there a surge of interest in it?
2)      What are the characteristics of traditional/indigenous ecological knowledge and practice?
3)      How is traditional ecological knowledge different from Western scientific knowledge of the ecosystem?
4)      What is the worldview that underpins each? What values are inherent to each?
5)      How does the fight for social justice interact with traditional ecological knowledge?
6)      Indigenous knowledge systems present a challenge to the positivist-reductionist Western paradigm that has informed industrial and agricultural development for the last 200+ years. Is there a way to reconcile them?
7)      Can traditional knowledge inform contemporary resource management?