CONTENTS Introduction N.K. Dasvii Language Diversity, Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation: The Symbiosis M. Sreenathan 1-10 Social Science Input to Man and Biosphere [MAB] Programme Yogesh Atal 11-22 On Studying Indigenous Knowledge YogeshAtal 23-29 Indigenous Knowledge, Forest Ecosystem and Native Medicine: Vision of Biodiversity Conservation among the Tribes of Kerala P. R. G. Mathur 31-62 Indigenous Knowledge of the Medicinal Plants in Kullu Valley of Northwestern Himalaya: A Case-Study Sakshi Bhandari, Man Singh Rana & S. S. Satnant 63-74 Indigenous Knowledge Application for Conservation of Bio-Resource in the Cold Desert of the Northwestern Himalaya Santaram S. Oinam, Jagdish C. Kuniyal, Yashwant S. Rawat, S. C. R. Vishvakarma & Dinesh C. Pandey 75-86 Indigenous Tribal Art: Strategy for Conservation and Promotion Somnath Chakraverty87-102 Women's NutriBusiness Cooperatives in Kenya: An Integrated Strategy for Sustaining Rural Livelihoods Audrey N. Maretzki 103-119 Tradition as a Modern Strategy: Indigenous Knowledge as Local Response to Globalization in Africa Geoffrey I. Nwaka 121-126 Sahlins' Tribesmen (1968) Reconsidered: Tribes of Highland Orissa in Perspective Georg Pfeffer 127-135 BioDiversity, Anthropogenic Pressure and Conservation: The Case of the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve UmeshKumar 137-160 Tribes without Forest: A Critique of Forest and Environmental Conservation Issues J. J. Roy Burman 161-173 Indigenous Knowledge, Postcolonialism, and Indigenous Education Politics in African Perspective Ladislaus M. Semali 175-190 Diversity, Pluralism and Convergence South Asia and India in Perspective N. K. Das 191-228