User talk:Emaregretable

Some baklava for you!

Yumm yumm let's make some of this, using only sustainably planted goods. Thecfed (talk) 14:44, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Because you're awesome. OlenkaFawkes (talk) 15:51, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Thought jots

Check this out. There are cool pictures as well : http://www.terralingua.org/overview-bcd/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecfed (talk • contribs) 15:28, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

loss of biodiversity as threat to society... http://www.unep.org/geo/GEO4/report/GEO-4_Report_Full_en.pdf

• Maffi, L. (ed.) (2001). On Biocultural Diversity: Linking Language, Knowledge, and the

Environment. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC

• connection to "ethnobiology"
• Stepp, J. R., Castaneda, H. and Cervone, S. (2005). Mountains and biocultural

diversity. In Mountain Research and Development 25(3):223-227

• Carlson, T.J.S. and Maffi, L. (eds.) (2004). Ethnobotany and Conservation of

Biocultural Diversity. Advances in Economic Botany Series Vol. 15. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY

• Biocultural Diversity: Moving beyond the Realm of 'Indigenous' and 'Local' People

Michelle Cocks

Biocultural diversity graphic on page 215 quote paragraph p 214: Correlations have been identified between the respective geographic distributions of cultural and biological globally and regionally (Harmon 2002, Oviedo and others 2000, Stepp and others 2004, Stepp and others 2005). Figure 5.8 highlights this, showing the worldwide distributions of plant diversity and linguistic diversity. Areas of high biodiversity tend to be areas of a higher concentration of distinct cultures. Meso-America, the Andes, Western Africa, the Himalayas, and South Asia and the Pacific, in particular, present this pattern of high “biocultural” diversity. This pattern is supported by research that combines indicators of cultural diversity with indicators of biodiversity into a global biocultural diversity index (Loh & Harmon 2005). emil.igrec (talk) 01:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Clara Business

Yo, so it's pretty rough and stuff, but check it out bro. Much facts to be had:

Disappearance of linguistic diversity

Cultural traditions are passed down through language, making language an important factor in the existence of biocultural diversity. There has been a decline of languages globally. The index of language diversity recorded this decline between 1970 and 2005. Over this thirty years, the number of languages spoken globally has decreased by 20%. This decline has been especially felt on indigenous languages, with a 60% decline in the America, 30% in the Pacific, and 20% in Africa. Currently, there are 7,000 languages being spoken in the world. Half the population speaks only 25 of these languages, the top 5 in order being Mandarin, Spanish, English, Hindi, and Bengali. The remaining 6975 languages are divided between the other half of the population, making the number of people who speak each language unequal and skewed. Thecfed (talk) 20:06, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

hah indeed. the book I'm reading says there are only 6000+ languages and they predict a 90% loss by the end of this century.I think your heading there could be simplified to just "Linguistic diversity"/what I already changed it to.... There is actually a section of the language page that deals with these details, so maybe we should just present what is especuially pertinent to our article. emil.igrec (talk) 20:46, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

What is "the index of language diversity" and should it be capitalized? emil.igrec (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

I would add: (According to Maffi) Because languages develop in a given community of speakers as that society adapts to its environment, languages reflect and express the biodiversity of that area. In areas of high biodiversity, language diversity is also higher, suggesting that a greater diversity in culture can be found in these areas. Indeed, many of the areas of the world inhabited by smaller, isolated communities are also home to large numbers of endemic plant and animal species. As these people are often considered to be "stewards" of their environments, loss of language diversity means a disappearance of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), an important factor in the conservation of biodiversity. emil.igrec (talk) 20:46, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Yo, I would say yes to everything for realz. I'll through my shit up on the page and then you add your stuff to it sista. I like this system. Thecfed (talk) 23:19, 28 October 2012 (UTC) Also, check this out:

Causes of Biocultural Diversity

Certain geographic areas have been positively correlated with high levels of biocultural diversity, such as lower latitudes, higher rainfalls, higher temperatures, coastlines, and high altitudes. A negative correlation is found with areas such as high latitudes, plains, and drier climates. Positive correlations can also be found between biological diversity and linguistic diversity, illustrated in the overlap between the distribution of plant diverse and language diverse zones. Social factors have also been found to effect biocultural diversity, such as modes of subsistence. Thecfed (talk) 23:19, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Is it positively correlated with high or lower altitudes? cuz you've got both... emil.igrec (talk) 00:23, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Welcome

Hi Emaregretable! Welcome to Wikipedia. I'm helping out as one of the online ambassadors for the course this semester, so I wanted to quickly introduce myself, and let you know that if you have any questions feel free to send them my way. :) I'm looking forward to this course, because you are working on some topics I would really like to see developed, and I hope I can assist. - Bilby (talk) 14:59, 23 October 2012 (UTC)