Problem
Loss of cultural diversity
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Cultural holocaustDeclining cultural diversity
Endangered human cultural diversity
Nature:
Cultural diversity is a reflection of people's connection to their local environment, to the living world. Centuries of conquest, colonialism and "development" have already eroded much of the world's cultural diversity, but economic globalization is rapidly accelerating the process.
Broader Problems:
Insufficient diversificationDestruction of human heritageSocio-cultural environment degradation Narrower Problems:
Lost knowledgeCultural suicideEndangered culturesHomogenization of culturesLack of variety of social life forms Related Problems:
Erosion of biological diversity Subject(s):
Culture → Culture Mankind → Human
Societal Problems → Destruction
Societal Problems → Endangered species
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST