Indigenous peoples have rich storehouses of information about nature, man and the balanced relationship of the two. From their beliefs about the spiritual world to their traditional knowledge of rains forests, healing and agriculture, these societies provide the opportunity for new interpretations about the world and our selves. Many of these populations face severe discrimination, denial of human rights, loss of cultural and religious freedoms, or in the worst cases cultural or physical destruction .... If current trends in many parts of the world continue the cultural, social and linguistic diversity of humankind will be radically and irrevocably diminished .... immense undocumented repositories of ecological, biological and pharmacological knowledge will be lost, as well as an immeasurable wealth of cultural. social, religious and artistic expression. ---International Cultural Survival Act of 1988, United States Congress
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:58:48 +0000
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