Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Sustainable Resource Management in Papua New Guinea: The Role of Education and Implications for Policy

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Sustainable Resource Management in Papua New Guinea: The Role of Education and Implications for Policy

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) has been argued to have a significant role as a strategy for sustainable resource management. TEK in this context refers to all aspects of indigenous knowledge and practice related to human interactions with the environment, and is particularly important in developing countries, where significant tensions exist between indigenous ways of life and capitalistic economic development. This research explored the perceptions of indigenous Papua New Guineans ab...

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Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

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Tiu, Sangion Appiee

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10704

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Traditional ecological knowledge / sustainable natural resource management / Papua New Guinea / sustainability / sustainability education / natural resource management in Papua New Guinea / sustainability policy in Papua New Guinea / indigenous perceptions of traditional ecological knowledge

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