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Human Impacts on Amazonia : The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development / / Michael Balick, Darrell Posey



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Titolo: Human Impacts on Amazonia : The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development / / Michael Balick, Darrell Posey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina: 304.209811
Soggetto topico: Amazon River Region -- Environmental conditions
Environmental degradation -- Amazon River Region
Indians of South America -- Ethnobotany -- Amazon River Region
Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Amazon River Region
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Amazon River Region
Soil degradation -- Amazon River Region
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Amazon River Region
Anthropology
Social Sciences
Anthropogeography & Human Ecology
Persona (resp. second.): BalickMichael
PoseyDarrell
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Posey, Darrell Addison -- Coeditor's Note / Balick, Michael J. -- Acknowledgments -- Thoughts on the Future of Amazonia / Balick, Michael J. -- 1. Romance and Reality / Hemming, John -- 2. Constructing Tropical Nature / Stepan, Nancy Leys -- 3. Demand for Two Classes of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge in Modern Amazonia / Clement, Charles R. -- 4. Fire in Roraima, 1998-Politics and Human Impact / Allen, Elizabeth -- 5. The Cerrado of Brazilian Amazonia / Ratter, James A. / Ribeiro, J. Felipe / Bridgewater, Samuel -- 6. A Review of Amazonian Wetlands and Rivers / Barrow, Christopher -- 7. Fragility and Resilience of Amazonian Soils / Furley, Peter A. -- 8 Is Successful Development of Brazilian Amazonia Possible Without Knowledge of the Soil and Soil Response to Development? / Nortcliff, Stephen -- 9. Fragile Soils and Deforestation Impacts / Fearnside, Philip M. -- 10. Concurrent Activities and Invisible Technologies / Padoch, Christine / Pinedo-Vásquez, Miguel -- 11. Institutional and Economic Issues in the Promotion of Commercial Forest Management in Amerindian Societies / Richards, Michael -- 12. Collect or Cultivate-A Conundrum / Salick, Jan -- 13. Extractivism, Domestication, and Privatization of a Native Plant Resource / Pinheiro, Claudio Urbano B. -- 14. Peasant Riverine Economies and Their Impact in the Lower Amazon / Harris, Mark -- 16. The Commodification of the Indian / Ramos, Alcida Rita -- 17. Euphemism in the Forest / Nugent, Stephen -- 18. What's the Difference Between a Peace Corps Worker and an Anthropologist? / Overing, Joanna -- 19. Traditional Resource Use and Ethnoeconomics / Cavalcanti, Clóvis -- 20. Enhancing Social Capital / Hall, Anthony -- Appendix: Findings and Recommendations -- Contributors -- Index -- Backmatter
Sommario/riassunto: From the pre-Columbian era to the present, native Amazonians have shaped the land around them, emphasizing utilization, conservation, and sustainability. These priorities stand in stark contrast to colonial and contemporary exploitation of Amazonia by outside interests. With essays from environmental scientists, botanists, and anthropologists, this volume explores the various effects of human development on Amazonia. The contributors argue that by protecting and drawing on local knowledge and values, further environmental ruin can be avoided.
Titolo autorizzato: Human Impacts on Amazonia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-59932-4
9786613629166
0-231-51735-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818023003321
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Serie: Biology and Resource Management Series