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Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies: Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia

Hardcover • 2007 • English

Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies: Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia

By Roy Ellen

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The 1990s have seen a growing interest in the role of local ecological knowledge in the context of sustainable development, and particularly in providing a set of responses to which populations may resort in times of political, economic and environmental instability. The period 1996-2003 in island southeast Asia represents a critical test case for understanding how this might work. The key issues explored in this book are the creation, erosion and transmission of ecological knowledge, and hybrid...Show more

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9781845453121

Publisher

BERGHAHN BOOKS

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies: Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia

Format

Hardcover

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