A Biocultural Approach for Managing Transborder Cultural Heritage Landscapes

Borders, Culture, and Globalization: A Canadian Perspective
Scott Cafarella, Joel Konrad and Rebecca Sciarra

This chapter within Borders, Culture, and Globalization: A Canadian Perspective edited by Victor Konrad and Melissa Kelly, explores the relationship between borders and the conservation of natural and cultural heritage resources in a municipal context. Intergovernmental researchers and policymakers have recently linked conservation of natural and cultural heritage to the protection of biocultural diversity, defined as β€œbiological diversity, cultural diversity, and the links between them”. The conservation of biocultural diversity requires the conservation of biocultural resources: the natural and cultural heritage of an area, people, and region. Biocultural resources are deeply defined by borders and boundaries that are concurrently shaped by ecological and political processes.