Indeed, land and language is linked together. The destruction of one spells doom for the other. Land is the habitat of language and culture. And language's wisdom, indigenous knowledge and practices, including beliefs is linked to the care of the land. Destruction of its habitat, language will not survive. Without a habitat to support it, language will not flourish.
The decline of biocultural diversity spells danger to the Earth and to our World of worlds.
Global Source Book on BioCultural Diversity
Saturday, November 22, 2008
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