Anthropology, Department of
Date of this Version
1999
Abstract
The Earth should be seen as an ecological whole. Environmental and human rights should be fashioned in a similar horizontal plane rather than in the traditional concept of a vertically arranged hierarchy. Examining the management practices of vast ecosystems on two continents provides examples of the integral relationship of all organisms in an ecosystem. The Serengeti Ecosystem in Africa and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the United States are characterized by both cultural and ecological extirpations. The comparing of cultural and ecological issues concerning these diverse and distinctive ecosystems demonstrates the intricate web connecting human and environmental rights.
Comments
Published in Nebraska Anthropologist Vol. 15 (1999-2000). Copyright © Meghan Sittler; published by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln AnthroGroup.