Human Impacts on Amazonia : The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development / / Michael Balick, Darrell Posey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209811 |
Collana | Biology and Resource Management Series |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-59932-4
9786613629166 0-231-51735-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462432603321 |
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Human Impacts on Amazonia : The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development / / Michael Balick, Darrell Posey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209811 |
Collana | Biology and Resource Management Series |
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 |
ISBN |
1-280-59932-4
9786613629166 0-231-51735-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790267803321 |
New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2006] | ||
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Human Impacts on Amazonia : The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development / / Michael Balick, Darrell Posey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.209811 |
Collana | Biology and Resource Management Series |
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 |
ISBN |
1-280-59932-4
9786613629166 0-231-51735-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818023003321 |
New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2006] | ||
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