Global Ecosystems: Creating Options Through Anthropological Perspectives / Edition 1

by Pamela J. Puntenney

Overview

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.

• peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
• dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods
• most editions available for course adoption

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780913167700
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/03/1995
Series:	NAPA Bulletin , #15
Edition description:	Number 15
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Volume Editor: Pamela J. Puntenney

General Editors: Ralph J. Bishop and Pamela Amoss

Pamela J. Puntenney is founder and executive director of Environmental and Human Systems Management. She has served in an advisory capacity for such counties as Bolivia, Nepal, Kenya, the United States, and Korea on developing a national strategy for environmental education and has consulted with such organizations as the World Wildlife Fund, the World Bank, the U.S. Forest Service, and the World Conservation Union. As an adjunct research scientist with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, her current work focuses on issues of public choice and public responsibility in relation to the internationalization of environmental issues. She is serving as advisory to the film Right To Hope, which links culture, art, and the global environment as part of the 1995 celebration of the United Nations' 50th anniversary. She serves as a member of the NAPA Governing Council and is currently on the Board of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology. She is a past program chair for NAPA (1989-1991) and served on the American Anthropological Association Executive Program Committee (1992).

Table of Contents

Foreword.

Global Ecosystems: Creating Options through Anthropological Perspectives (Roy A. Rappaport National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 1–1).

Preface (P. J. Puntenney National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 2–3).

Articles.

Solving the Environmental Equation: An Engaging Anthropology (Pamela J. Puntenney National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 4–18).

Alleviating Poverty and Conserving Wildlife in Africa: An "Imperfect" Model from Zambia (R. Michael Wright National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 19–32).

Anthropology in Pursuit of Conservation and Development (Michael Painter National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 33–45).

Anthropology, the Environment, and the Third World: Principles, Power, and Practice (David D. Gow National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 46–59).

The Tropical Forestry Action Plan: Is It Working? (Robert Winterbottom National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 60–70).

Ecological Awareness and Risk Perception in Brazil (Alberto C. G. Costa , Conrad P. Kottak , Rosane M. Prado , John Stiles National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 71–87).

The Cultural Environment of Development: Commentary (Terence Turner National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 88–95).

About the Contributors (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 96–98).