Add to ORKGThe conceptual field of cultural heritage and of development anthropology is defined by three fundamental elements: invention and admiration (mythology, ethnonationalism, regionalization, sacralisation), capitalization (fetishism, marketing, competitiveness), and protection of political and economic sources of a society. Anthropology has always been involved in the study of the dichotomy nature/society but the primary role of biology and economics in establishing and management of protected areas indicates that the ethno- and anthropocentric perspectives have been neglected or narrowed. The text offers some theoretical considerations on current economic and ecological conditions of anthropological engagement with reference to the situation ...