The Latin American Studies Book Series - Walter Leal Filho Victor T. King

The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. [...] Cooper 11 Indigenous Higher Education at Insikiran Institute of Roraima: The Challenges of Social Participation and the Interculturalization of Knowledge in the Northernmost Amazonia. [...] (mult) is a Professor and the Head of the Research and Transfer Centre, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and a Professor of Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University. [...] His professional qualifications include: Chartered Biologist, (CBiol), Registered European Biologist (EurBiol), Fellow of the Institute of Biology (FIBiol), Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Geography (FRGS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). [...] King, and Ismar Borges de Lima Abstract This introductory chapter presents briefly an overview of the indigenous situation and context in the Pan-Amazonia region, and there are two major issues highlighted as part of the Indigenous discussion and complexities: environment con- flict and social/territorial/ethnic conflicts.