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Natural resource use and cultural change: Nipa hut shingle processing with Nypa fruticans, Arecaceae, in Palawan, Philippines
Type: Text
Year: 2008, 2008
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Fadiman, Maria
Publisher: Florida Society of Geographers
Description: Geographers are interested in how people utilize natural resources. The Philippines Nipa is the predominant mangrove species and plays an important role in the ecosystem. Cultural and economic uses make deforestation of the Nipa plant an important societal and environmental case to examine.
Full Text: Notice: This is a copy of a post print manuscript accepted. The published version is available in The Florida Geographer 39(2008)20-35 published by the Florida Society of Geographers. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 … Florida Society of …
Resource stewardship: rain forest use among three ethnic groups of Ecuador
Type: Text
Year: 2008, 2008
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Fadiman, Maria
Publisher: Applied Geography Conferences, Inc.
Description: In looking at alternative forest use, it is imperative that the sustainability of these alternatives is addressed. This question is particularly pressing in The Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve in northwestern Ecuador. The two plant resources on which this study focuses, a palm and a hemi-epiphyte (a vine-like plant that germinates in the ground, grows up a tree, and then sends down aerial roots… more
Full Text: Notice: This article is an accepted post-print manuscript published in Papers of the Applied PapersConferences of the Applied Geography Conferences (2008) 31: 310-318 Geography (2008) 31: 310-318 Resource Stewardship: Rain Forest Use among Three Ethnic …
"Starvation taught me art": Tree poaching, gender and cultural shifts in wood curio carving in Zimbabwe
Type: Text
Year: 2008, 2008
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Fadiman, Maria
Publisher: Ethnobotany Research and Applications
Description: This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”. As a result, gender roles are shifting as men and women begin to enter realms… more
Full Text: “Starvation Taught Me Art”: Tree Poaching, Gender and Cultural Shifts in Wood Curio Carving in Zimbabwe Maria Fadiman Research Abstract This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and …