Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests
This book contains contributions from a variety of authors including forest dwellers themselves, describes the natural resource management system of the Uma’ Jalan Kenyah people of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Colfer and her co-authors seek to present the knowledge of the local people about their sur...
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1997
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| author | Colfer, C.J.P. Peluso, N.L. Ching See Chung |
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| description | This book contains contributions from a variety of authors including forest dwellers themselves, describes the natural resource management system of the Uma’ Jalan Kenyah people of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Colfer and her co-authors seek to present the knowledge of the local people about their surrounding forest and its sustainable management in a way that trained scientists will understand and use. The people and their knowledge of the forest are seen as an integral part of the biodiversity of the forest. The rapid loss and degradation of humid tropical rain forests over recent years has meant that the unique ways of life of those people who live in and from these forests are threatened. The urban and agricultural settings that usually succeed forest clearing are not conducive to preserving the knowledge and cultures that have developed over centuries. By introducing the ways in which the Uma’ Jalan perceive their natural resources, then focussing on their agroforestry system from this viewpoint, the subsistence base of these forest dwellers is explored. The role of money in such a system is defined and options available to the people for survival described. In the final chapter the ramifications of these findings for forest management in the tropics is discussed with emphasis on how Uma’ Jalan customs might be adapted to preserve at least part of the forest environment for conservation, for biodiversity, improved subsistence for small populations and sustainable timber extraction. |
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| spelling | CGSpace176712025-01-24T14:12:22Z Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests Colfer, C.J.P. Peluso, N.L. Ching See Chung tropical forests indigenous knowledge resource management forest management agroforestry community forestry nature conservation traditional society social customs This book contains contributions from a variety of authors including forest dwellers themselves, describes the natural resource management system of the Uma’ Jalan Kenyah people of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Colfer and her co-authors seek to present the knowledge of the local people about their surrounding forest and its sustainable management in a way that trained scientists will understand and use. The people and their knowledge of the forest are seen as an integral part of the biodiversity of the forest. The rapid loss and degradation of humid tropical rain forests over recent years has meant that the unique ways of life of those people who live in and from these forests are threatened. The urban and agricultural settings that usually succeed forest clearing are not conducive to preserving the knowledge and cultures that have developed over centuries. By introducing the ways in which the Uma’ Jalan perceive their natural resources, then focussing on their agroforestry system from this viewpoint, the subsistence base of these forest dwellers is explored. The role of money in such a system is defined and options available to the people for survival described. In the final chapter the ramifications of these findings for forest management in the tropics is discussed with emphasis on how Uma’ Jalan customs might be adapted to preserve at least part of the forest environment for conservation, for biodiversity, improved subsistence for small populations and sustainable timber extraction. 1997 2012-06-04T09:02:19Z 2012-06-04T09:02:19Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17671 en New York Botanical Garden Press Colfer, C.J.P., Peluso, N.L., Ching See Chung. 1997. Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests . Bronx, NY, USA, New York Botanical Garden Press. 158p. |
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| title | Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests |
| title_full | Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests |
| title_fullStr | Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests |
| title_short | Beyond slash and burn: building on indigenous knowledge in managing Borneo’s tropical rain forests |
| title_sort | beyond slash and burn building on indigenous knowledge in managing borneo s tropical rain forests |
| topic | tropical forests indigenous knowledge resource management forest management agroforestry community forestry nature conservation traditional society social customs |
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