List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Contributors Chapter 1. Local Science vs. Global Science: an Overview Paul Sillitoe Chapter 2. Traditional Medical Knowledge and Twenty-first Century Healthcare: the Interface between Indigenous and Modern Science Gerard Bodeker Chapter 3. Local and Scientific Understandings of Forest Diversity on Seram, Eastern Indonesia Roy Ellen Chapter 4. 'Indigenous' and 'Scientific' Knowledge in Central Cape York Peninsula Benjamin R. Smith Chapter 5. On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local Knowledge Serena Heckler Chapter 6. The Ashkui Project: Linking Western Science and Innu Environmental Knowledge in Creating a Sustainable Environment Trudy Sable with Geoff Howell , Dave Wilson , and Peter Penashue Chapter 7. Globalisation and the Construction of Western and Non-Western Knowledge Michael R. Dove , Daniel S. Smith , Marina T. Campos , Andrew S. Mathews , Anne Rademacher , Steve Rhee , and Laura M. Yoder Chapter 8. Science and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka: Extension, Rubber and Farming Mariella Marzano Chapter 9. Creating Natural Knowledge: Agriculture, Science and Experiments Alberto Arce and Eleanor Fisher Chapter 10. Is Intellectual Property Protection a Good Idea? Charles Clift Chapter 11. Farmer Knowledge and Scientist Knowledge in Sustainable Agricultural Development: Ontology, Epistemology and Praxis David A. Cleveland and Daniela Soleri Chapter 12. Forgotten Futures: Scientific Models vs. Local Visions of Land Use Change Robert E. Rhoades and Virginia Nazarea Chapter 13. Counting on Local Knowledge Paul Sillitoe Index