Worksheet #3 – Mapping Community Values about Biocultural Conservation Biocultural Conservation Biocultural diversity is “the diversity of life in all its manifestations: biological, cultural, and linguistic — which are interrelated (and possibly coevolved) within a complex socio-ecological adaptive system…. The diversity of life is made up not only of the diversity of plants and animal species, habitats and ecosystems found on the planet, but also of the diversity of human cultures and languages. Source: Maffi, Luisa (2007). Jules Pretty; et al. (eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society. p. 269. Part 1 – Review the definition of biocultural conservation (above) and two of the following sources: • Wade Davis TedTalk Dreams from Endangered Cultures – https://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_dreams_from_endangered_cultures?subtitle=en • Mapping Biocultural Diversity http://www.bioculturaldiversity.org • Putting Indigenous Perspectives on the Map: Indigenous Mapping and Place Names – https://hillnotes.ca/2021/06/21/putting-indigenous-perspectives-on-the-map-indigenous-mapping-and-place-names/ • Stepp, J. R., Cervone, S., Castaneda, H., Lasseter, A., Stocks, G., & Gichon, Y. (2004). Development of a GIS for global biocultural diversity. Policy Matters, 13(6), 267-270. • *Raymond, C. M., Bryan, B. A., MacDonald, D. H., Cast, A., Strathearn, S., Grandgirard, A., & Kalivas, T. (2009). Mapping community values for natural capital and ecosystem services. Ecological economics, 68(5), 1301-1315. Write 1/2 page (single-spaced 12 pt font) that discusses three or more conceptual and methodological challenges you see in mapping biocultural diversity.
