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Since 1996, Terralingua has spearheaded
research and applied work that have helped forge an integrated biocultural
perspective on nature conservation and sustainable development: an approach
that respects diversity in both nature and culture, and that recognizes the inextricable
link between humans and the natural environment as vital to achieving human
development in balance with nature. There are many hopeful signs of growing
awareness of the critical importance of biocultural diversity for the vitality
and resilience of our planet. Yet, stemming the continued erosion of life
systems in both nature and culture requires a decisive effort to communicate,
educate, share insights, and promote a new vision for human futures.