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Globalization and indigenous peoples in Asia : changing the local-global interface / editors, Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar, Pierre Walter.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Kelkar, Govind, 1939-
Nathan, Dev.
Walter, Pierre (Pierre Gilbert)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Economic development--Social aspects--Asia.
Economic development.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Globalization.
Indigenous peoples--Asia--Economic conditions.
Indigenous peoples.
Sustainable development--Social aspects--Asia.
Sustainable development.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (339 p.)
Place of Publication:
New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This volume deals with two processes of globalization that are profoundly influencing the lives of indigenous people - the role of their resources in providing environmental services, and the civilizational changes caused by privatisation.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Environmental Services and the Case for Local Forest Management; Indigenous Communities' Knowledge of Local Ecological Services; Local Environmental Services: Forest Management and Terraced Agriculture, a Case Study of the Hani of the Ailao Mountains, Yunnan, China; Conflict in Resource Management of Ecosystem Services: Water in the Lashi Watershed, Lijiang, Yunnan, China; Impact of the State Logging Ban in Meghalaya, India; Timber and Local Accumulation in China
Northeast India: Market and the Transition from Communal to Private PropertyTourism and Forest Management among the Hani in Xishuangbanna, China; Tourism and Gender Relations in Lijiang, China; Crafting an Alternative: Leasehold Forestry for Livelihoods of the Poor in Nepal; External Trade and Development of Upland Peoples in the Himalaya-Hindukush; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786612074943
9788132112563
8132112563
9781282074941
1282074946
9788132101802
8132101804
OCLC:
392145099

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