ABSTRACT
The project descriptions in Chapter 4 illustrate the close interdependence of human cultures and the ecosystems they are a part of. They highlight the diversity of approaches used to integrate biodiversity conservation with support for cultural resilience. Together, these projects provide a rich source of innovative problem-solving to address the global decline of biocultural diversity. In this chapter, we analyse the projects collectively and make generalizations, based on the information obtained through the survey and further exchanges with sourcebook contributors. Our main purpose here is to synthesize this information in order to identify some of the main factors that affect the permanence or loss of biocultural diversity and to identify some of the key features of the projects based on several analytical dimensions.
