Fresh banana leaves : healing Indigenous landscapes through Indigenous science

Hernandez, Jessica 1990- (author.).

Summary: An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.

Record details

ISBN: 9781623176051 (softcover)
Physical Description: print
260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Indigenous teaching: nature protects you as long as you protect nature -- Ecocolonialism of Indigenous landscapes -- Birth of Western conservation -- Indigenous science: Indigenous stewardship and management of lands -- Ecowars: seeking environmental justice -- Tierra Madre: Indigenous women & ecofeminism -- Ancestral foods: cooking with fresh banana leaves -- Indigenizing conservation: healing Indigenous landscapes.