Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the industrialized world's encroachment on native lands has brought disastrous environmental harm to indigenous peoples. More than 170 native peoples around the world are facing life-and-death struggles to maintain environments threatened by oil spills, explosions, toxic chemicals, global warming, and other pollutants. This unique resource surveys those indigenous peoples and the environmental hazards that threaten their existence, providing a wealth of information not readily available elsewhere. Arranged geographically, each entry focuses on the peoples of a particular country and the environmental issues they face, from the global warming and toxic chemicals threatening the Arctic Inuits, to the logging that is devastating indigenous habitats in Borneo. General entries overview such topics as climate change, dam sites, and Native American Concepts of Ecology. The 'Guide to Related Topics' and index provide access to recurring themes such as deforestation, hydroelectric power, mining, and land tenure.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Bruce E. Johansen
Dimensions:	255 x 180 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	552
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-32398-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
LSN:	0-313-32398-4
Barcode:	9780313323980

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