ISBN:
0231105886
,
0231105894
,
9780231105897
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 366 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Biology and resource management series
Parallel Title:
Print version Human impacts on Amazonia
DDC:
304.2/09811
Keywords:
Environmental degradation
;
Indians of South America Ethnobotany
;
Nature Effect of human beings on
;
Soil degradation
;
Indigenous peoples Ecology
;
Traditional ecological knowledge
;
Amazon River Region Environmental conditions
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Preface -- -- Coeditor’s Note -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- Thoughts on the Future of Amazonia: The Region, Residents, Researchers, and Realities -- -- 1. Romance and Reality: The First European Vision of Brazilian Indians -- -- 2. Constructing Tropical Nature -- -- 3. Demand for Two Classes of Traditional Agroecological Knowledge in Modern Amazonia -- -- 4. Fire in Roraima, 1998—Politics and Human Impact: What Role for Indigenous People in Brazilian Amazonia? -- -- 5. The Cerrado of Brazilian Amazonia: A Much-Endangered Vegetation -- -- 6. A Review of Amazonian Wetlands and Rivers: Valuable Environments Under Threat -- -- 7. Fragility and Resilience of Amazonian Soils: Models from Indigenous Management -- -- 8 Is Successful Development of Brazilian Amazonia Possible Without Knowledge of the Soil and Soil Response to Development? -- -- 9. Fragile Soils and Deforestation Impacts: The Rationale for Environmental Services of Standing Forest as a Development Paradigm in Amazonia -- -- 10. Concurrent Activities and Invisible Technologies: An Example of Timber Management in Amazonia -- -- 11. Institutional and Economic Issues in the Promotion of Commercial Forest Management in Amerindian Societies -- -- 12. Collect or Cultivate—A Conundrum: Comparative Population Ecology of Ipecac ( Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson), a Neotropical Understory Herb -- -- 13. Extractivism, Domestication, and Privatization of a Native Plant Resource: The Case of Jaborandi ( Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf ex Holmes) in Maranhão, Brazil -- -- 14. Peasant Riverine Economies and Their Impact in the Lower Amazon -- -- 16. The Commodification of the Indian -- -- 17. Euphemism in the Forest: Ahistoricism and the Valorization of Indigenous Knowledge -- -- 18. What’s the Difference Between a Peace Corps Worker and an Anthropologist?: A Millennium Rethink of Anthropological Fieldwork -- -- 19. Traditional Resource Use and Ethnoeconomics: Sustainable Characteristics of the Amerindian Lifestyles -- -- 20. Enhancing Social Capital: Productive Conservation and Traditional Knowledge in the Brazilian Rain Forest -- -- Appendix: Findings and Recommendations -- -- Contributors -- -- Index -- -- Backmatter
Description / Table of Contents:
Thoughts on the future of Amazonia : the region, residents, researchers, and realities / Michael J. Balick -- Romance and reality : the first European vision of Brazilian Indians / John Hemming -- Constructing tropical nature / Nancy Leys Stepan -- Demand for two classes of traditional agroecological knowledge in modern Amazonia / Charles R. Clement -- Fire in Romania, 1998 - politics and human impact : what role for indigenous people in Brazilian Amazonia? / Elizabeth Allen -- The Cerrado of Brazilian Amazonia : a much-endangered vegetation / James A. Ratter, J. Felipe Ribeiro, and Samuel Bridgewater -- A review of Amazonian wetlands and rivers : valuable environments under threat / Christopher Barrow -- Fragility and resilience of Amazonian soils : models from indigenous management / Peter A. Furley -- Is successful development of Brazilian Amazonia possible without knowledge of the soil and soil response to development? / Stephen Nortcliff -- Fragile soils and deforestation impacts : the rationale for environmental services of standing forest as a development paradigm in Amazonia / Philip M. Fearnside -- Concurrent activities and invisible technologies : an example of timber management in Amazonia / Christine Padoch and Miguel Pinedo-Vásquez -- Institutional and economic issues in the promotion of commercial forest management in Amerinidian societies / Michael Richards -- Collect or cultivate - a conundrum : comparative population ecology of ipecac (Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson), a neotropical understory herb / Jan Salick -- Extractivism, domestication, and privatization of a native plant resource : the case of jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf ex Holmes) in Maranhão, Brazil / Claudio Urbano B. Pinheiro -- Peasant riverine economies and their impact in the lower Amazon / Mark Harris -- Conservation, economics, traditional knowledge, and the Yanomami : implications and benefits for whom? / William Milliken -- The commodification of the Indian / Alcida Rita Ramos -- Euphemism in the forest : ahistoricism and the valorization of indigenous knowledge / Stephen Nugent -- What's the difference between a Peace Corps worker and an anthropologist? A millennium rethink of anthropological fieldwork / Joanna Overing -- Traditional resource use and ethnoeconomics : sustainable characteristics of the Amerindian lifestyles / Clóvis Cavalcanti -- Enhancing social captial : productive conservation and traditional knowledge in the Brazilian rain ...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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