Academy for the Environment

Program Details - Anthropology

 

Contact name: Donald Hardesty

Phone number: 775-784-6704

Fax Number: 775-327-2226

Email address: anthro@unr.nevada.edu

Website: www.unr.edu/cla/anthro

 

Program description: Ecological Anthropology is a branch of anthropology that explores how human populations transform nature through the actions and meanings of traditional cultural practices. The goal of ecological anthropology is to develop concepts and principles that can be used to help cope with contemporary environmental problems.