CULTURE & THE

ENVIRONMENT
Reporter: Regina Aquino

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WHAT IS CULTURE
From an anthropological POV:
that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief,
art, morals, laws, customs and any other capabilities
and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
Edward Tylor

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WHAT IS CULTURE
From an environmental POV:
Culture is a set of adaptive strategies for
survival related to ecology and resources.
Prof. Amos Rapoport

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CULTURE-ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIP
Culture, as an inescapable aspect of humanity, affects how
people shape environments, use them, and interact with them.
Wants and needs of different cultures are highly variable.
The meanings that cultures give to environmental elements,
their preferences and notions of environmental quality, images
and ideals are also highly variable.

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 In the face of the grave global ecological crisis happening

now, many environmental scientists and activists are
recognizing that the crisis is not only a SCIENTIFIC fact but
more importantly, a CULTURAL fact.

HYBRID: environmental cultural studies

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UNESCO
Understanding the links between nature and culture is
important in safeguarding both BIOLOGICAL and
CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

UNESCO launched the Man & Biosphere Program to

protect cultural landscapes.

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CULTURAL
LANDSCAPES

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MOUNTAINS

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WATER FORMS

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ISLANDS & CAVES

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THREATS TO CULTURAL
LANDSCAPES

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 extractive industries
encroachment of
outsiders
disrespectful tourism

degradation of
neighboring
environments
decreasing availability
of lands & resources for
IPs

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MEDIA COVERAGE
PH media have initiative in reporting and
investigating destruction of cultural environments.
Conflict of interest restrains some coverages.

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