What is Environmental Anthropology?
Environmental anthropology is a rapidly growing topical specialization in anthropology that involves a variety of perspectives such as ecological anthropology, historical ecology, human ecology, and behavioral ecology. All of these fields of study are generically considered environmental anthropology and are concerned, in broadest terms, with understanding human-environmental relationships through time and space. Recently environmental anthropology’s practical significance has increased as policy makers and academics have come to recognize the planetary dimensions of environmental degradation.