Des Hommes, des grands carnivores et des grands herbivores. Une approche anthropologique et comparative internationale.

Authors

  • João Pedro Galhano Alves Departamento de Economia e Sociologia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Abstract

Primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, large carnivores, decomposers and human groups normally 
constitute the functional structure of the continental ecosystems. This is the structure of a state of total 
biodiversity. However, at present, the majority of the planet’s ecosystems are de-structured, as many of them were 
considerably destroyed and therefore their biodiversity is low or minimal. This was caused by human activities of 
historically dominant agrarian or techno-industrial societies. Such humanised ecosystems and such societies are not 
sustainable in the long term. The analysis of humanised ecosystems, as well as the analysis of technical and 
socio-cultural structures for the integration of different societies with the environment enables the creation of 
strategies for restoring and for sustaining ecosystems. This paper presents two cases in which human societies andhigh or total biodiversity coexist: the region of the Sariska Tigers Reserve (India) and the Natural Park of 
Montesinho (Portugal).

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