Beyond slash and burn : building on indigenous management of Borneo's tropical rain forests /

Beyond slash and burn : building on indigenous management of Borneo's tropical rain forests /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Colfer, Carol J. Pierce.
Imprint:	Bronx, N.Y., U.S.A. : New York Botanical Garden, c1997.
Description:	xi, 236 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in economic botany. v. 11
Subject:	Kenya (Southeast Asian people) -- Agriculture. Kenya (Southeast Asian people) -- Ethnobotany. Kenya (Southeast Asian people) -- Social life and customs. Shifting cultivation -- Indonesia -- Kalimantan Timur. Rain forests -- Management -- Indonesia -- Kalimantan Timur. Rain forest ecology -- Indonesia -- Kalimantan Timur. Subsistence economy -- Indonesia -- Kalimantan Timur. Kenyah (Southeast Asian people) -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Rain forest ecology. Rain forests -- Management. Shifting cultivation. Subsistence economy. Kalimantan Timur (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs. Indonesia -- Kalimantan Timur.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4237893

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Other authors / contributors:	Peluso, Nancy Lee. Chin, See Chung.
ISBN:	0893274054 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236).

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Summary:	This volume looks at the complex rainforest management system developed by the Uma'Jalan, an indigenous Kenyah people of eastern Borneo, showing how they have traditionally managed resources and offering recommendations on how their system might be adapted to help in the conservation of tropical rain forests and the continued subsistence of traditional rain forest communities. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Physical Description:	xi, 236 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236).
ISBN:	0893274054