Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. List of Contributors x
7. 1. Local Science vs. Global Science: an Overview 1
8. 2. Traditional Medical Knowledge and Twenty-first Century Healthcare: the Interface between Indigenous and Modern Science 23
9. 3. Local and Scientific Understanding of Forest Diversity on Seram, Eastern Indonesia 41
10. 4. ‘Indigenous’ and ‘Scientific’ Knowledge in Central Cape York Peninsula 75
11. 5. On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local Knowledge 91
12. 6. The Ashkui Project: Linking Western Science and Innu Environmental Knowledge in Creating a Sustainable Environment 109
13. 7. Globalisation and the Construction of Western and Non-Western Knowledge 129
14. 8. Science and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka: Extension, Rubber and Farming 155
15. 9. Creating Natural Knowledge: Agriculture, Science and Experiments 175
16. 10. Is Intellectual Property Protection a Good Idea? 191
17. 11. Farmer Knowledge and Scientist Knowledge in Sustainable Agricultural Development: Ontology, Epistemology and Praxis 209
18. 12. Forgotten Futures: Scientific Models vs. Local Visions of Land Use Change 231
19. 13. Counting on Local Knowledge 257
20. Index 279