Réseau des grands parcs - Biodiversité urbaine. Montréal, du 21 au 23 mai 2013 Un rendez-vous incontournable ! Tenu les 21, 22 et 23 mai 2013 à Montréal, le Rendez-vous Biodiversité urbaine a fait l’objet d’un compendium, c’est-à-dire une synthèse des approches, pratiques et interrogations échangées sur le thème de la valeur de la biodiversité urbaine lors de l’évènement. Nous vous invitons à en prendre connaissance en le téléchargeant ci-contre, en version française ou anglaise. Cet évènement a été organisé à l’occasion de la rencontre du Comité consultatif des villes du Partenariat mondial sur l'action locale et infranationale pour la biodiversité, en lien avec la Convention sur la diversité biologique des Nations-Unies, dont le Secrétariat est à Montréal.
Cette rencontre s’est effectuée dans le cadre des travaux relatifs au Plan d’action sur les gouvernements infranationaux, les villes et autres autorités locales pour la biodiversité et dans le cadre de la Décennie des Nations-Unies pour la biodiversité (2011-2020). Biodiversite culturelle science participative biodiversite domestique michel griffon valorisation de l'heterogeneité. Sciencie Faculty - University Master in physical Anthropology: Human Evolution and Biodiversity.
Master´s Degree in Physical Anthropology: Human Evolution and Biodiversity The human species, “is the highest and most interesting problem for the naturalist "(Letter of Darwin to Wallace, December 22, 1857) “Culture is the ecological niche which man occupies” (Wolpoff, 1971) Physical Anthropology is an area of knowledge within the Biological Sciences which studies the origin of our species and human biological diversity.
Biological Anthropology provides an integral view of the mechanisms which generate biological variability in human populations with regard to their evolutionary, ecological, ontogenetic and gender aspects, a view which also makes it possible to evaluate the biological consequences of recent environmental changes (including those related to systems of values, lifestyles and conduct) in the biological processes and the patterns of health and disease in human populations. 100% of students in the first two promotions finalised the studies. Objectives. Agricultural biodiversity. Unusual strains of maize are collected to increase the crop diversity when selectively breeding domestic corn.
Agricultural biodiversity is a sub-set of general biodiversity. It includes all forms of life directly relevant to agriculture: rare seed varieties and animal breeds (farm biodiversity), but also many other organisms such as soil fauna, weeds, pests, predators, and all of the native plants and animals (wild biodiversity) existing on and flowing through the farm. However, most attention in this field is given to crop varieties and to crop wild relatives. Cultivated varieties can be broadly classified into “modern varieties” and “farmer’s or traditional varieties”. Modern varieties are the outcome of formal breeding and are often characterized as 'high yielding'.
For example the short straw wheat and rice varieties of the Green Revolution. Scope[edit] Aquatic diversity is also an important component of agricultural biodiversity. Human dependency[edit] See also[edit] Video[edit] Cultural Biodiversity | Mupo Foundation. Intergenerational learning and cultural biodiversity Cultural Biodiversity (CB) is the link between cultural (or human) diversity and biological diversity (biodiversity). Where cultural diversity is the variety of human societies/culture, and biological diversity is the variety of plant and animal life, in any one specific region or within the world as a whole.
The Mupo Foundation works with teachers and students to revive cultural biodiversity through gatherings, celebrations and the facilitation of intergenerational knowledge transfer between elders and children. Having an understanding of Cultural Biodiversity helps students to gain an appreciation of how human life interacts with the natural environment and culture during every day. Biodiversity & Cultural Diversity. Diversity: Cultural and biological. Early human populations utilized a wide range of biological resources in a tremendous diversity of environments. As a result, they possessed high levels of cultural diversity dependent on and supportive of high levels of biological diversity. This pattern changed drastically with technological innovations enabling certain human groups to break down territorial barriers and to usurp resources of other groups.
The dominant groups have gone on to exhaust a whole range of resources, depleting both biological and cultural diversity. Traditions of resource conservation can, however, re-emerge when the dominant cultures spread over the entire area and the innovations diffuse to other human groups. Sustaining Biological and Cultural Diversity. 1In the last decade, researchers have addressed issues regarding the biological conservation of agaves and the use of traditional knowledge in relation to mezcal production (Valenzuela-Zapata and Nabhan 2004). The Agave genus is well represented in Mexico, numbering 150 species of a total of 200 species (García-Mendoza 2002).
About 20% of the species (42) are used to produce mezcal in 26 different states throughout the republic (Colunga et al. 2007). The name “mezcal” encompasses a broad category of distilled agave drinks. Additionally (and confusingly), “mezcal” is the name of a specific distilled agave drink that is protected by Denomination of Origin (DO) legislation and is also a term that Mexicans colloquially use to refer to agave. 2In this article, we ask : What agave species are currently used by both large and small scale manufacturers of tequila, raicilla, and mezcal in the state of Jalisco?
4Our findings are presented in three sections. Distilled Agave Producers in Jalisco. Agro-culture. The Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences launched, three years ago, a work of reflection and collaboration on the sustainable development of agro-ecosystems. The objective of this first step was for UNESCO to take a position on matters related to agriculture and rural development, as well as to define the organisation's added value on these matters.
It was made clear during this reflection process that agriculture and food are important aspects that are closely related to many of the major challenges humanity will have to face during the 21st century: environmental issues; climate change; hunger; poverty; and, erosion of cultural diversity and health. It would therefore be too simplistic to think that agriculture determines only the way farmers produce agricultural commodities and make use of natural resources. Unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001322/132262e.pdf. A recipe linking nature and people. These simple representations, or the so called conceptual framework, provide a shared language and a common set of relationships and definitions. This week these experts presented their views to more than 100 governments gathered in Bonn for the First Session of the IPBES Plenary, the highest governing body of the Platform. A conceptual framework for IPBES can help to ensure a coherent and consistent approach across the four functions of the Platform - knowledge generation, assessment, policy support and capacity building.
It could also clarify linkages and integration between them. "Indeed, a conceptual framework will be a common approach to discharging each of these envisaged functions and for guiding and framing the implementation of its programme of work, in a multiple knowledge, multiple discipline and multiple scale manner," says Salvatore Arico of UNESCO. "It will provide a critical lens through which to tackle the complex set of issues which IPBES will focus on. " Related links: The Intersections of Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity: Towards Integration Pretty J, Adams B, Berkes F, de Athayde S, Dudley N, Hunn E, Maffi L, Milton K, Rapport D, Robbins P, Sterling E, Stolton S, Tsing A, Vintinnerk E, Pilgrim S - Conservat. There is an emerging recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity. In the past, however, it has been common to make divisions between nature and culture, arising partly out of a desire to control nature.
The range of interconnections between biological and cultural diversity are reflected in the growing variety of environmental sub-disciplines that have emerged. In this article, we present ideas from a number of these sub-disciplines. We investigate four bridges linking both types of diversity (beliefs and worldviews, livelihoods and practices, knowledge bases and languages, and norms and institutions), seek to determine the common drivers of loss that exist, and suggest a novel and integrative path forwards. We recommend that future policy responses should target both biological and cultural diversity in a combined approach to conservation. Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, cultural diversity, culture, nature, policy, sub-disciplines. Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity: From Race to Radical Bioculturalism | Alan H. Goodman. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development | Analogies and links between cultural and biological diversity.
Joe Henrich. Culture Cognition and Coevolution Lab. My primary research interests focus broadly upon how ecological variables influence cross-cultural differences and social behaviour. Disease, for example, has ubiquitously posed a threat to humans throughout their history. It's therefore worth considering the implications that ecological variables such as disease might have for social behaviour, and for the evolution of cultural systems as well. Indeed, some of my recent work shows that disease prevalence predicts cross-cultural differences in personality, sexual behaviours, and value systems. I'm also in the early stages of work investigating other environmental phenomena: Fire, for example, has been integral in human social life for hundreds of thousands of years, being used for heat, food preparation, light, and protection.
Humans are thus inherently curious, yet concurrently fearful, of fire. I grew up in the beautiful Okanagan valley, which kindled my love for good wine and great hiking. Website: Centre for the Coevolution of Biology and Culture.