Biodiversity and society - Introduction

Richard Dumez defines the anthropology of conservation, "crisis discipline" from the confluence of conservation biology, ethnoecology and nature anthropology.

Jean-Dominique Wahiche evokes the law of the biodiversity and of traditional knowledge. On the basis of a definition of the heritage notion, he recounts the history of international negotiations about

Elise Demeulenaere proposes an analysis framework to better understand the variety of nature and biodiversity appropriation modes. She gives several examples underlining this diversity: the

Denis Chartier presents the scientific political ecology. After a reminder of the international context, he proposes a definition of this. In order to understand the contributions of this discipline,

Hélène Artaud presents the field of maritime anthropology, whose vocation is to study the nature and the diversity of relations between human populations and maritime areas. She highlights the

Nadia Belaïdi presents the Peace Parks, which are protected areas having an objective of biodiversity cross-border protection, of peace between populations sharing resources, and of local development.

Through the study of the life classifications variety, Richard Dumez evidences the diversity of the views of the nature. Scientific classification, popular or vernacular classifications, he indicates

Serge Bahuchet explains that the nature is the subject of different views and perceptions. He recounts the main scientific currents which were interested in this (nature anthropology, ethnoecology,...

Marie Roué mentions the native and loval knowledge, especially its expertise and its preservation. She presents the international legal context, then she talks about its diverse components: knowledge,

Serge Bahuchet comes back to some crucial uses of the environment by the human populations: hunting, harvestinf, farming and agriculture. He evidences the complementarity of those uses, the

Serge Bahuchet revient sur quelques usages fondamentaux de l'environnement par les populations humaines : chasse, collecte, élevage et agriculture. Il met en évidence la complémentarité de ces usages,

Richard Dumez définit l'anthropologie de la conservation, "discipline de crise" issue de la confluence de la biologie de la conservation, de l'ethnoécologie et de l'anthropologie de la nature.