Living with biodiversity in an island ecosystem : cultural adaptation in the Solomon Islands /

Living with biodiversity in an island ecosystem : cultural adaptation in the Solomon Islands /

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Author / Creator:Furusawa, Takuro, author.
Imprint:Singapore : Springer, 2016.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 190 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Ethnobiology, 2365-7553
Ethnobiology.
Subject:
Ethnobiology -- Solomon Islands.
Biodiversity -- Climatic factors -- Solomon Islands.
Biodiversity -- Climatic factors.
Ethnobiology.
Solomon Islands.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11252369
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ISBN:9789812879042
9812879048
9789812879035
981287903X
9789811357251
9811357250
9789812879028
9812879021
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 3, 2016).
Summary:This book presents a detailed case study of ecological and cultural interactions between the people and their natural environment at Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands, a land of rich biodiversity. This volume documents the subsistence lifestyle of the people and their indigenous ecological knowledge, analyzes the effects of recent socioeconomic changes on the people and ecosystem, and proposes future directions for sustainability. The contents have been designed to answer questions such as, ℓ́ℓWhat kinds of factors have determined whether current human actions are sustainable or will result in a collapse of biocultural diversity in the Solomon Islands?ℓ́ℓ; ℓ́ℓHow do Solomon Islanders recognize nature and biodiversity conservation in traditional ways or under socioeconomic changes?ℓ́ℓ; and ℓ́ℓHow can harmony between humans and nature be achieved in the Solomon Islands under changing socioeconomic conditions?ℓ́ℓ A truly transdisciplinary approach is applied, integrating theories of human ecology, quantitative ethnobiology, and folk ecology and methods of vegetation surveys, ethnographic fieldwork, remote sensing, and health surveys, in order to link different domains of humans and the natural world. In addition, this work focuses on the importance of understanding of diversity not only in natural environments, but also in human societies, and will be a valuable source for many, especially ecologists, anthropologists, conservation practitioners, and rural development planners.
Other form:Print version: 9812879021 9789812879028
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-287-904-2
Table of Contents:
  • Biocultural diversity in Melanesia
  • Ecological history and regional contect of Roviana
  • Diversity in landscape
  • Subsistence on the main island, barrier islands, and at sea
  • Plant resources as ecosystems services
  • Recognized webs in ecosystems
  • Changing ethnobotanical knowledge
  • Painful lessons from urban ecology and economics
  • Customary rules and wisdom related to conservation
  • Living with internal and external diversity
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix. List of plants used in the Roviana, sorted alphabetically by the Roviana name, with observed uses and purposes.

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