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Ethnoecology is the scientific study of how different groups of people living in different locations understand the ecosystems around them, and their relationships with surrounding environments.

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  • History
  • Principles
  • Traditional ecological knowledge
  • Local knowledge in western society
  • Traditional medicine
  • Epistemological concerns
  • See also
  • References
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Ethnoecology is the scientific study of how different groups of people living in different locations understand the ecosystems around them, and their relationships with surrounding environments.

It seeks valid, reliable understanding of how we as humans have interacted with the environment and how these intricate relationships have been sustained over time.

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