摘要 : In the context of ongoing discussions of the erosion of indigenous knowledge, this report provides an analysis of how the factors "external" to a particular society may interact with "internal" (localized) factors to affect such k... 展开 In the context of ongoing discussions of the erosion of indigenous knowledge, this report provides an analysis of how the factors "external" to a particular society may interact with "internal" (localized) factors to affect such knowledge, with a casestudy of the Konda Reddi of Andhra Pradesh, India. The external factor of market-oriented developmental intervention in the form of the Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) is affecting the local forest resources and the knowledge related to them. TheGCC interplay with the local environment has affected the minor forest resources, subsequently eroding and changing that knowledge. 收起