Question

What are cultural components of ecosystem

Answer 1

Cultural ecology is the study of relationships between human cultures and the environment, or how people interact with each other because of their environmental context. It's an interdisciplinary field, right where anthropology and ecology overlap. There are examples of interesting cultural ecology stories all around us right now; it's not limited to history! For example, mangroves influence the lifestyles of many southeast Asian communities. Mangroves provide unique housing material for people, support fish populations (and fishing), promote ecotourism, and help to lessen the impact of flooding for the coastal communities… but there are also challenges for people living in mangrove ecosystems (salty water, flooding, removal of mangroves, the smell of mangroves, etc.). A cultural ecologist would study how people living near mangroves are affected by these ecosystems, and how they use and change them.