Sacred Ecology

Learning from Indigenous Knowledge and Stewardship

Fikret Berkes

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040632048
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Sacred Ecology examines knowledge held by Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world, and asks how we can learn from this body of knowledge and practice. Berkes explores the importance of Indigenous ways of knowing as a complement to ecology and environmental science, and its cultural and political significance for traditional peoples themselves. With updates of relevant web links and over 300 new references, this fifth edition provides increased voice for Indigenous authors and contains much new material, including a new chapter.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Endorsements Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• 1 Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• 2 Appreciating Indigenous Knowledge
• 3 Traditional Knowledge Systems in Practice
• 4 Cree Worldview “From the Inside”
• 5 Cree Fishing Practices as Adaptive Management
• 6 A Story of Caribou and Social Learning
• 7 How Indigenous and Local Knowledge Develop
• 8 Conservation, Indigenous Knowledge, and Stewardship
• 9 Indigenous Holism and Complex Systems
• 10 Climate Change and Indigenous Resilience
• 11 Developing Perspectives in Indigenous Knowledge
• 12 Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature
• References
• Online Resources and Study Questions
• Index