FOREWARD Jerry Franklin Chapter 1. From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation: A Conceptual Framework to Reorient Society Toward Sustainability of Life Ricardo Rozzi, Roy H. May, Jr., Terry Chapin, Francisca Massardo, Michael C. Gavin, Irene J. Klaver, Anibal Pauchard, Martin Núñez, Dan Simberloff PART I. BIOCULTURAL HOMOGENIZATION Chapter 2. Biocultural Homogenization: a wicked problem in the Anthropocene Ricardo Rozzi Chapter 3. Re-Claiming Rivers from Homogenization: Meandering and Riverspheres Irene J. Klaver Chapter 4. Biostitutes and Biocultural Conservation: Empire and Irony in the Motion Picture Avatar Bron Taylor Chapter 5. The Political Ecology of Land Grabs in Ethiopia Fouad Makki Chapter 6. The Ongoing Danger of Largescale Mining on the Rio Doce: an Account of Brazil's Largest Biocultural Disaster Haruf Salmen Espindola and Claudio Bueno Guerra Chapter 7. Land Grabbing and Violence against Environmentalists Roy H. May Jr. Chapter 8. The Changing Role of Europe in Past and Future Alien Species Displacement Bernd Lenzner, Franz Essl, and Hanno Seebens Chapter 9. Dürer's Rhinoceros: Biocultural Homogenization of the Visual Construction of Nature J. Miguel Esteban Chapter 10. Biocultural Exoticism in the Feminine Landscape of Latin America Angelina Paredes-Castellanos y Ricardo Rozzi Chapter 11. Biocultural Homogenization in Modern Philosophy: David Hume's noble Oyster Ricardo Rozzi PART II. BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION Chapter 12. Nature, Culture, and Natureculture: The Role of Nonnative Species in Biocultures Daniel Simberloff Chapter 13. Why Some Exotic Species are Deeply Integrated into Local Cultures While Others are Reviled Martin A. Nuñez, Romina D. Dimarco, and Daniel Simberloff Chapter 14. Fur Trade and the Biotic Homogenization of Sub-polar Ecosystems Ramiro D. Crego, Ricardo Rozzi & Jaime E. Jimenez Chapter 15. Non-native Pines are Homogenizing the Ecosystems of South America Rafael A, García, Jorgelina Franzese, Nahuel Policelli, Yamila Sasal, Rafael Zenni, Martín Nuñez, Kimberley Taylor, Aníbal Pauchard Chapter 16. Biotic Homogenization of the South American Cerrado Rafael Dudeque Zenni, Rafaela Guimarães, and Rosana Tidon Chapter 17. Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Homogenization across US National Parks - The Role of Non-Native Species Daijiang Li, Julie L. Lockwood, and Benjamin Baiser Chapter 18. Homogenization of Fish Assemblages off the Coast of Florida Alexandrea Dagmar Safiq, Julie L. Lockwood, and Jeffrey Brown PART III. BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION Chapter 19. Biocultural Conservation and Biocultural Ethics Ricardo Rozzi Chapter 20. The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the Biocultural Heritage Lacuna: Where is Goal Number 18? Alexandria K. Poole Chapter 21. Suma qamaña or Living Well Together: A Contribution to Biocultural Conservation Xavier Albó Chapter 22. Biocultural Approaches to Conservation: Water Sovereignty in the Kayapó Lands Laura Zanotti Chapter 23. Biocultural Diversity and Ngöbe People in the South Pacific of Costa Rica Felipe Montoya-Greenheck Chapter 24. Candomblé in Brazil: The Contribution of African-origin Religions to Biocultural Diversity in the Americas Paulo José dos Reyes (Pai Paulo José de Ogun) and Silvia Regina da Lima Silva Chapter 25. Latin American Theology of Liberation and Biocultural Conservation Roy H. May Jr. & Janet W. May Chapter 26. The Dynamics of Biocultural Approaches to Conservation in Inner Mongolia, China Ruifei Tang and Michael C. Gavin Chapter 27. Challenging Biocultural Homogenization: Experiences of the Chipko and Appiko Movements in India Pandurang Hegde and George James Chapter 28. Revitalizing Local Commons: A Democratic Approach to Collective Management Mitsuyo Toyoda Chapter 29. The Garden as a Re schovat popis