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.
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.
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Edges, Fringes, Frontiers: Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana
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ISBN-13: | 9781785339899 |
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Publisher: | Berghahn Books, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 09/14/2018 |
Series: | Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology , #23 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 270 |
File size: | 3 MB |