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In good hands : culture and agriculture in the Lacandon rainforest / producers, Jaime Kibben, Steve Bartz ; director, Jaime Kibben.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lacandon Indians--Economic conditions.
- Lacandon Indians.
- Rain forest ecology--Central America.
- Rain forest ecology.
- Sustainable agriculture--Central America.
- Sustainable agriculture.
- Indians of Central America--Economic conditions.
- Indians of Central America.
- Rain forest conservation--Central America.
- Rain forest conservation.
- Lacandona Forest (Mexico).
- Central America.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (28 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : The Video Project, 1994.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- While inefficient agricultural methods are destroying much of the world's rainforests, the Lacandon Maya of Chiapas in southern Mexico have been practicing a sustainable form of rainforest farming for centuries. Dr. James Nations, an ecological anthropologist, has worked with the Lacandones for many years. In Good Hands follows Nations as he interacts with three Lacandon elders who show how they farm in the forests. The video also examines how culture, mythology and religion influence their agricultural methods.The Lacandon approach to farming provides the basis for developing a practical alternative to destructive rain forest farming. However, only a few families still practice these ancient methods, as modernization and civil strife threaten their traditional way of life.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 25, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 989799925
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