Biodiversity and society - Introduction

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

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,

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 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,...

Elise Demeulenaere propose un cadre d'analyse permettant de mieux comprendre la diversité des modes d'appropriation de la nature et de la biodiversité. Elle apporte plusieurs exemples mettant en

Denis Chartier présente l'écologie politique scientifique. Après une remise en contexte international, il en propose une définition. Afin de bien comprendre les apports de cette discipline, il la