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161 S., 19.80 DM, ISBN 3-534-80102-4
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Condition. The Biological Reason Why Human
Have Had to Be Individual, Competitive, Egocentric
and Aggressive. G.P.O. Sidney, 2001: Centre For
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Die Realität des Religiösen. Frankfurt; Athenäum.
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Universities and Paramedical Schools. Enugu/Nige-Second
International Congress of
Ethnobiology
October 21-25, 1990 Kunming, China
The First International Congress of Ethnobiology
was held in Brazil from July 19-24, 1988. As the
name implies, this is the second international gathering
of ethnobiologists but the first time in China.
Kunming is the provincial capital of Yunnan Province,
the People’s Republic of China. The city is
known as the „Spring City‘ because the climate in
Kunming is mild and spring-like. Yunnan Province
is known as the Kingdom of Plants and Animals
awing to its rich flora and fauna. Yunnan is home to
24 minority nationalities, a concentration of cultural
diversity greater than any other areas of the country.
You will have a chance not only to see Kunming but,
after the Congress, also to visit various parts of the
province. Post-congress excursions will be arranged
to visit Dali, Lijang and Xishuangbanna.
Detailed information on the Congress such as
payment of registration fees, hotel arrangements,
post-congress excursions etc. will be sent to you in a
circular, Please write to:
Prof. Pei Sheng-ji. Second International Congress of
Ethnobiology
c/o Yunnan Travel Co, for Science and Technology
Nation Defense Cultural Center
No. 1, Wuyi Road, Kunming, Yunnan
The People’s Republic of China
Theme of the Congress
The Challenges of Ethnobiology in the 21st Century,
The discipline ofethnobiology has come of age inthe
latter half of the 20th century. A growing number of
scientists from a broad range of traditional disciplines
now regularly conduct research on the interdisciplinary
boundaries of anthropology, archaeo-1ogy,
botany, zoology, pharmacology, geography,
sociology, linguistics and related fields in the study
of the present an the past relationships of human
societies to their plant and animal environments. The
Books, curare 1/90 / Congress
ria: Working Group for African Psychology. (c/o
P.O. Ebigbo, Dept. of Psychol. Med., Univ. of Nigeria,
Enugu Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria; for
orders outside Nigeria: c/o K. Peltzer, Im Lentholt
27,514 Erkelenz, F.R. Germany: 80 DM) XI, 736 pp.
[SBN 978-2528-4
POLLAK-ELTZ Angelina n.d. (1988?) Las animales
milagrosas en Venezuela. Col. Pais Adentro 1,
Caracas: Fundaciön Bigott.
WENIGER B. et L. ROBINEAU n.d. Seminaire
TRAMIL 2, recherches scientifiques et usage populaire
des plantes m€Edicinales dans la caraibe, Santo
Domingo, nov. 1986. ENDA — Caribe. Abdo 21 000
Huacal, Sto. Domingo, Rep. Dominica, 254 pp. (Mit-21erausgeber
GTZ, Eschborn)
significance of the ethnobiological knowledge of
indigenous peoples as this relates to the maintenance
of biological diversity and conservation of natural
biological resources has become a major focus for
concerned scientists world-wide, as indicated clearly
in the 1988 Declaration of Belem. The basic and
applied research challenges that face ethnobiology as
it moves into the 21st century will be the theme of
the ISE’s Second International Congress,
Plenary Symposia
1 The Ethnics of Ethnobiological Research: Whose
Knowledge? Whose Resources? 2 The Interface of
Sthnobiological and Biological Science: The Case
foraBilateral Agreement. 3 Revolutionary Proposals
[orthe Exchange of Ethnobiological Information: An
Open International Satellite Network.
Specialized Symposia
| The traditional management of biological resources.
2 Recent advances in the study of medical ethnobotany.
3 The cognitive dynamics of ethnobiological
knowledge. 4 Rural development and ethnobiological
research. 5 Ethnoecology and the maintenance
of ethnobiological diversity. 6 Ethnobiology as a
resource for the preservation of ethnic identity. 7 The
contribution of ethnobiology to the study of fragile
ecosystems. 8 Recent research on agricultural origins.
9 The production of ethnobotanically sophisticated
regional floras. 10 Recent findings in ethnobiologically
informed ethnopharmacology. 11 Recent
developments in ethnobiological theory and methodology.
12 Recent contributions in ethnozoology and
sthnoentomology. 13 Sociocultural studies of folk
tradition in relation to ethobiological science.
Working Commitees:
Committee on ethnobiological ethics / Committee on
information technology and dissemination / Committee
of 3rd congress, ISE, 1992, Mexico City /
Committee on medical ethnobotany / Committee on
liaison between ISE and indigenous organizations.
