Edges Fringes Frontiers

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Edges Fringes Frontiers

Author	: Thomas Henfrey
File Size	: 47,7 Mb
Publisher	: Berghahn Books
Language	: English
Release Date	: 14 September 2018
ISBN	: 9781785339899
Pages	: 270 pages

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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 social-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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