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Terralingua Articles of Note:
- Policy for Biocultural Diversity: Where Are We Now?
Article: Policy Matters, Issue 17. Policy for Biocultural Diversity: Where are we now? by Luisa Maffi. A brief history of the work that has been done to implement BCD into policy over the past 15 years. “It is arguably critical for advocates of biocultural diversity to continue to rise to the challenge and strive for ... - Cultural Vitality
Article: Cultural Vitality. Resurgence Magazine 250: 10-11. Special Issue “Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century”, September/October 2008. “This diversity of solutions itself offers the most poignant lesson to be learned from a biocultural perspective: that cultural diversity is not a matter of superficial, if aesthetically pleasing, exotic flavours; it is the deep ... - Talking Diversity
Article: Talking Diversity, featured in IUCN’s World Conservation Magazine Issue 1, January 2008. By Luisa Maffi. Biodiversity and cultural diversity are
intimately—some would say inextricably—
related to each other. Humans have adapted
to life in particular environments, while
drawing resources from those environments
to sustain themselves. In so doing, they have
needed to acquire in-depth knowledge of
species, their relationships, and ecosystem
functions ... - Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity
Article: Linguistic Diversity (by L. Maffi and T. Skutnabb-Kangas with J. Andrianarivo). In Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity, D. Posey (ed.). Pp. 21-57. London/Nairobi: Intermediate Technology Publications/UN Environment Programme. Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific and personal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual ... - Indigenous Peoples: Education and Language Accredited participants, 16th Session of UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva, Switzerland, 27–31 July 1998. Statement “ Linguistic Human Rights in Education ” (UN doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1998/2)submitted to 16th Session of UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva, Switzerland, 27–31 July 1998, Principal Theme “Indigenous Peoples: Education and Language”.
- 2005 Review essay (by l. Maffi), Linguistic, cultural, and biological diversity. Annual Review of Anthropology 34: 599-617. Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Diversity (.pdf)
- 2006 Statement on linguistic diversity on the internet submitted to International Telecommunications Union and UNESCO Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet, Geneva, 9-11 May 2006. Statement on linguistic diversity on the internet (.pdf)
- 2007 Biocultural diversity and sustainability (by L. Maffi). In Sage Handbook on Environment and Society, ed. by J. Pretty, A. Ball, T. Benton, J. Guivant, D. Lee, D. Orr, M. Pfeffer and H. Ward. Pp. 267-277. London: Sage Publications.Biocultural Diversity and Sustainability (.pdf)
- 2007 Culture, by L. Maffi and E. Woodley. In Chapter 5, Biodiversity, Global Environment Outlook: Environment for Development (GEO 4) Report. Pp. 182-185. Nairobi: UNEP. Culture (.pdf)
- 2010 Nature and Culture, Articles by Luisa Maffi and David Report The Duel Erosion of Biological and Cultural Diversity (.pdf)“The dual erosion of biological and cultural diversity: Implications for the health of eco-cultural systems”, and Dave Harmon, Ellen Woodley, and Jonathan Loh, “Measuring status and trends in biological and cultural diversity”
- 2010 Biocultural Diversity: The True Web of Life. National Geographic News Blog
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