Loss of cultural diversity
- Cultural holocaust
- Declining 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.
Claim
Cultural diversity is more than appearance, more than folklore, song and dance. It is the embodiment of values, institutions and patterns of behaviour. It is a composite whole representing a people's historical experience, aspirations and world-view. Deprive a people of their language, culture and spiritual values and they lose all sense of direction and purpose.
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Narrower
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Value
Reference
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
Culture » Culture
Mankind » Human
Societal problems » Destruction
Societal problems » Endangered species » Endangered species
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Dec 1, 2022