
Human Impacts on Amazonia
The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development
Columbia University Press
Will be published approx. on 11. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-231-10589-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
A very intelligent presentation... Highly Recommended. Choice Of great value to anyone interested in policies influencing the future of the Amazon basin. Southeastern Naturalist An outstanding collection on the cultural and political ecology of native Amazonians and other traditional inhabitants of the region. -- Thomas Ludewigs Environmental ConservationMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
16 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-10589-7 (9780231105897)
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Darrell Posey | Michael Balick
Human Impacts on Amazonia
The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development
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Human Impacts on Amazonia
The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development
Book
07/2006
Columbia University Press
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Persons
Darrell Addison Posey (1947-2001) was director of the Traditional Resource Rights Programme, Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society, and of the University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and Indigenous Knowledge and Ethics: A Darrell Posey Reader.Michael J. Balick is vice president for research and training and director and philecology curator at the Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany (with Paul Alan Cox); Useful Palms of the World (with Hans T. Beck); Rainforest Remedies: One Hundred Healing Herbs of Belize (with Rosita Arvigo); and The Subsidy from Nature: Palm Forests, Peasantry, and Development on an Amazon Frontier (with Anthony B. Anderson and Peter H. May).