Introducing Myself--Tyler Pounds
The first picture is a picture that I took right before I danced. This is a traditional "Horse Tail Dance" on a Native American Reservation at a Powwow. The second picture is of me right before I gave a presentation at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington D.C. USA. The third picture that I have attached is me enjoying the sunset near the Native American Reservation. It is quite beautiful there (but extremely remote USA).
I am an Ecological Anthropologist & Ethnobiologist. I study how humans from various cultures all around the world affect plant and animal ecosystems and how human use of these ecosystems affects the wildlife populations. This is known by various names such as: Ecosystem Services, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Ecosystem Function. I study all various aspects of the "Human-Wildlife Interface" while dealing with issues associated with Wildlife Conservation, Biodiversity Loss, Global Climate Change, Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Wildlife & Habitat, Anthropocene Epoch Related Issues, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Systems of Indigenous People's. I am also a National Science Foundation Summer Scholar. I utilize "Integrated Biological Approaches" from the fields of both Anthropology & Wildlife Biology/Ecology when conducting research for the 21st century. I am also the founder and creator of "Integrated Human-Nature Relations".
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Welcome to WildHub, Tyler! It's great to have you join us. Can you share more about this new school of thought "Integrated Human-Nature Relations"?
I will give you the "basis for my scientific thought". Specifics will be put into future books that have yet to be published. Originally, I wanted to make "Integrated Human-Nature Relations" a series of 10 books total. Similar to Jaques Cousteau in Marine Biology or Charles Darwin in his Journals of traveling on "Voyages". I will write as many books with my scientific thought as I can before I die. Essentially, the basis for my science and thought is that Indigenous People, Farmers, Traditional Communities all over the world are one with nature. We are not separated from it by technology, or by adverse policies designed to make profits for corporations.......whatever we do to nature, it will reverberate and do back to us.
If we treat nature good, then mother nature will provide for us and treat us good. In my books, I will scientifically prove what I am saying with mathematics, physics, ecology, wildlife biology, anthropology. The problem is that alot of western scientists are under the mindset that "we have to keep nature and people separate from each other". That couldn't be farther from the truth. As the world becomes more and more populated, there will be less and less space for wildlife and nature. That is why we must become one with nature instead of thinking that we are separate from it.
Indigenous People, Farmers, Traditional Communities understand this and live their life in this way. I am half Native American and I was raised on my Grandparent's farm growing up. So I have these teachings and understandings already. This is partially why we are in the Anthropocene. People think that they are separate from nature and above nature. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
Here are my books I have currently published.
Book #1 of Integrated Human-Nature Relations
Ethnobotany and Uses of Native Plants in the Bosque by American Indian Tribes of the Southwest: An Integrated/Transdisciplinary Approach to Ecosystem Serviceshttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ethnobotany-and-uses-of-native-plants-in-the-bosque-by-american-indian-tribes-of-the-southwest-tyler-pounds/1144888365;jsessionid=EF632270843CE1593A87ACF0CB7588A1.prodny_store02-atgap10?ean=9798881126100
Book #2 of Integrated Human-Nature Relations
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Ethnoecology, It's Use in Indigenous Communities and Native America: A Compendium of "Historical Ethnobiology"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/traditional-ecological-knowledge-tyler-pounds/1146026015?ean=9798330309771
Thank you for sharing Tyler. I agree, we are one with nature and traditional knowledge is critical to conservation. I'll have to order your books at some point!
A warm welcome to WildHub, Tyler! Wonderful to have your presence in our community and I look forward to learning from you! Would you perhaps be willing to contribute to a recent discussion here on WildHub around enablers of collaboration? I look forward to reading your perspective!
Thirza,
I would be more than happy to contribute to your recent discussion on "enablers of collaboration".