Edges, fringes, frontiers: integral ecology, indigenous knowledge and sustainability in Guyana

Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use. Developing an original framework for holistic analysis, i...

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Main Author: Henfrey, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2018]
Series:Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology Volume 23
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Summary:Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use. Developing an original framework for holistic analysis, it demonstrates that flexible interplay among multiple modes of environmental understanding and decision-making allows the Wapishana to navigate socio-ecological complexity successfully in ways that reconcile short-term material needs with long-term maintenance and enhancement of the resource base
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 256 Seiten)
ISBN:9781785339899
DOI:10.1515/9781785339899

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