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CONHISREMI 2012
PUEBLOS INDíGENAS VENEZOLANOS Y SU RELACIóN CON EL AMBIENTEKeywords: indigenous , environmental values , sustainable cultural environment , ancestral knowledge , indígenas, valores ambientales , cultura ambiental sostenible , conocimientos ancestrales Abstract: The ecological damages, caused by the deforestation of the Venezuelan Rain Forest, are due to the mining and extracting of coal and oil. This not only destroys the natural environment, but also threatens the cultural preservation of the protected Venezuelan indigenous people and the land they inhibit. These tribes possess ancestral knowledge and have managed to maintain a life philosophy of greater balance with their environment. However, these human-environment traditions are not widely known or appreciated, even though there are as many traditions as there are tribes in Latin America. The purpose of this study was to conduct a research which would allow some of these Venezuelan Indian Tribes%u2019 visions and their relationship with the environment to be shown. This research would then promote the study of environmental values and propose a model to promote a sustainable environmental culture. This is needed for environmental education and therefore, guidelines are proposed in order to preserve the cultural, human-environmental relationship of Venezuelan Tribes. An exhaustive data collection was done, using several sources related to the subject. The result was a representation of six Venezuelan indigenous communities: Waraos, Pemones, Yanomami, Wayúu, Bari and Wóthüha that raised some key factors which may have a positive influence in environmentalists%u2019 decision making and responsible use of the Venezuelan ecosystems.
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