Resource Conservation and Sustainable Development: Anthropology’s Contribution
Author(s)
Quiatt, Duane; Koester, Stephen
Abstract
Anthropologists offer a crucial information base for resource conservation and habitat preservation. They have unique access to local knowledge, and the ability to share it globally. A cultural group’s well-being is tied to its local environment, making the latter of vital interest to anthropologists, just as biologists and animal scientists are concerned about deterioration in their subjects’ environment. Anthropologists must make resource conservation and sustainable development more central among their concerns and missions, as they are anthropological problems of great immediacy.
