Beyond Slash and Burn: Building on Indigenous Management of Borneo's Tropical Rain Forests (Advances in Economic Botany Vol. 11)

Carol J. Pierce Colfer; Nancy Lee Peluso; See Chung Chin; et al

ISBN 10: 0893274054 / ISBN 13: 9780893274054

Published by New York Botanical Garden, 1997

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Edition not stated, 1997 on copyright pages, no consecutive printings listed, presumed first. Published by New York Botanical Garden, Advances in Economic Botany series Vol. 2. Softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, spine not creased, sharp corners, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 8vo, 236 pages, bibliography.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Slash and Burn: Building on Indigenous Management of Borneo's Tropical Rain Forests (Advances in Economic Botany Vol. 11)
• Publisher: New York Botanical Garden
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0893274054
• ISBN 13: 9780893274054
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This volume looks at the complex rainforest management system developed by the Uma'Jalan, an indigenous Kenyah people of eastern Borneo, showing how they have traditionally managed resources and offering recommendations on how their system might be adapted to help in the conservation of tropical rain forests and the continued subsistence of traditional rain forest communities. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.