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Islands of Rainforest - Agroforestry, Logging and Eco-Tourism in Solomon Islands (Paperback)
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Islands of Rainforest - Agroforestry, Logging and Eco-Tourism in Solomon Islands (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 2000: An original and
thought-provoking analysis of modern initiatives in the tropical
rain forest. While issues such as logging, eco-timber, eco-tourism
have been widely analyzed from an outsider's perspective, this book
considers them from the local people's viewpoint, in terms of a
long history of the rainforest uses. The authors demonstrate that
the relationship of indigenous people to the tropical forest is not
essentially timeless, nor is it primarily spiritual or mystical. It
is in fact firmly connected to modern realities, while still being
rooted in historical beliefs and practices. Standing at the
intersection of anthropology, historical geography and rainforest
ecology, and also at the interface of the local and the global,
this ethnographically grounded study dispels a number of commonly
held assumptions. It reveals how processes of 'impact' are actually
two-way interactions, as local communities in Melanesia incorporate
industries like logging into rapidly evolving post-colonial society
and economy.
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