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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.
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