Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science

Title: Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science Author: Hernandez, Jessica ISBN: 9781623176051 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Published: 2022 Binding: Book Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Indigenous Studies 1400764 Publisher Description: 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. Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us,