@incollection{fdi:010093083,
  title = {{L}ocal knowledge, food, territory, and biodiversity : case studies from {M}exico and {B}razil},
  author = {{K}atz, {E}sther},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n {L}atin {A}merica, rural regions populated by indigenous people have often been considered as poor or marginalized. {I}n many cases, government agents do not perceive the adaptation strategies of these populations. {E}ven today, they tend to consider



traditional agricultural systems as backward, practices such as gathering as a survival of the past, and indigenous diets as inadequate. {C}ase studies from {M}exican highlands and the {B}razilian {A}mazon presented here prove that, on the contrary, these populations have a deep knowledge of their environment, exploit it efficiently and sustainably, and foment and maintain biodiversity which is essential for their food security and sovereignty and has allowed their resistance and resilience over centuries. {T}heir food is diverse, and their culinary techniques elaborated. {R}esearch led in other regions of the continent confirm these observations. {I}n recent years, {A}merindian food has eventually been revalued, at least in {M}exico. {S}ome actions have been led in {B}razil but do not overcome yet prejudice against indigenous people.},
  keywords = {{MEXIQUE} ; {MEXICO} ; {BRESIL} ; {AMAZONIE} ; {OAXACA} {ETAT} ; {SAN} {PEDRO} {YOSOTATO} ; {MIXTEQUE} {REGION} ; {RIO} {NEGRO} ; {AMAZONAS} {ETAT}},
  booktitle = {{N}ature(s) in construction : ethnobiology in the confluence of actors, territories and disciplines},
  numero = {},
  pages = {85--105},
  address = {{C}ham},
  publisher = {{S}pringer},
  series = {{T}he {L}atin {A}merican {S}tudies {B}ooks {S}eries},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-3-031-60552-9_6},
  ISBN = {978-3-031-60551-2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010093083},
}