| 英文摘要 |
The book consists of five parts: tribal movement and environmental site selection, tribal farming, tribal hunting and gathering and fishing, tribal zoology, tribal botanic that makes up 25 chapters to introduce the environmental wisdoms of Taiwan indigenous peoples. These chapters do not repeat what have been over-written or stereotyped themes or topics about indigenous environmental knowledge; neither do they describe literature reviewed but try to provide new perceptions on the knowledge and wisdom to stimulate new ideas. Some of the chapters contain poems to interpret indigenous ideas in a poetic way to explore the poetic thinking of environmental wisdoms.
In order to explore the reasons and methodologies which underline the indigenous ways of beings, the book puts efforts to interpret the scientific basis. Otherwise, the book provides information and possible reasons to illuminate indigenous knowledge to bring more perspectives in the translation of indigenous environmental wisdoms. The book is also an initiative on the concern to help better the environmental protection through the indigenous wisdoms on the environment.
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