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Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies

  • Written by John Ziker, Professor of Anthropology, Boise State University
imageA family in northern Siberia watches -- but decides not to hunt -- a musk ox that wandered into the area where they live.John Ziker, Author provided

Twenty-five years ago, when I was a young anthropologist working in northern Siberia, the Indigenous hunters, fishers and trappers I lived with would often stop and solemnly offer something to the...

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