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Industrial ecology --- Product life cycle --- Commercial products --- Environmental aspects --- Industrial ecology. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Nature Management --- Environmental aspects. --- Ecological Engineering --- Ecological Engineering. --- Product life cycle - Environmental aspects --- Commercial products - Environmental aspects

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After a decade in the field of Honduras, Bonta came to realize that, contrary to outsiders' beliefs, the society he observed was predisposed "to like birds, to observe birds, to weave them into folklore, and to protect them on private property." Bonta argues that if North Americans and Europeans were to pay real attention to local knowledge and practice, they would learn that rural cultures offer alternative ways of accommodating habitats and wildlife.

Human ecology --- Birds --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology --- Effect of human beings on --- Conservation --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on

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En choisissant d’étudier le rapport de sociétés himalayennes du Népal et du Ladakh à leur milieu naturel, les auteurs de cet ouvrage proposent une lecture nouvelle des paysages actuels, de leur diversité comme de leurs transformations. Données naturelles sur la chaîne himalayenne, démographie, perceptions et représentations des milieux, histoire de leur mise en valeur, exemples locaux et actuels de gestion des ressources, notamment arborées, font l’objet d’investigations souvent inédites... Qu’en est-il, sous cet éclairage, des idées reçues en matière de crise environnementale concernant l’ensemble Himalaya-Plaine du Gange, des causes généralement invoquées et des solutions préconisées ? Que dire des désastres annoncés et des facteurs jusqu’alors identifiés ? Associant diverses disciplines (géographie, ethnologie, histoire, agronomie...), les savoirs des populations étudiées, un minutieux travail de terrain ainsi que des recherches en archives, ce livre invite à réexaminer les théories catastrophistes sur la dégradation des milieux himalayens en les plaçant dans un contexte spatial, temporel et culturel. Ce n’est plus alors, dans ces montagnes, de problèmes d’environnement liés à la déforestation – laquelle serait récente de surcroît – dont il s’agit, mais de problèmes d’une société qui, en tentant de protéger son environnement, laisse sur les marges les populations les plus déshéritées. Il apparaît également que toute intervention sur les milieux se doit de prendre en compte leur dimension symbolique et religieuse, ainsi que la connaissance très précise qu’en ont les populations. Enfin, ces travaux contribuent à alimenter les débats sur les grands changements environnementaux à l’échelle de la planète et sans doute aussi à les reformuler.

Human ecology --- Human geography --- Ecologie humaine --- Géographie humaine --- Géographie humaine --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Nature --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- environnement --- territoire --- ethnologie --- géographie --- Paysage --- Environnement --- Gestion des ressources naturelles --- Modifications --- Népal --- Himalaya (Népal) --- Inde --- Ladakh (Inde)

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This book presents the socio-environmental history of black people around Kuruman, on the edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. Considering successive periods - Tswana agropastoral chiefdoms before colonial contact, the Cape frontier, British colonial rule, Apartheid, and the homeland of Bophuthatswana in the 1980s - Environment, Power and Injustice shows how the human relationship with the environment corresponded to differences of class, gender, and race. While exploring biological, geological, and climatological forces in history, this book argues that the challenges of existence in a semidesert arose more from human injustice than from deficiencies in the natural environment. In fact, powerful people drew strength from and exercised their power over others through the environment. At the same time, the natural world provided marginal peoples with some relief from human injustice.

Human ecology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- History. --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Kuruman (South Africa) --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:96G --- History --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Geschiedenis van Afrika --- Arts and Humanities

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This comprehensive study of one of the most ecologically rich regions of the Southeast underscores the relevance of archaeological research in understanding long-term cultural change. Taking a holistic approach, this compilation gathers ecological, historical, and archaeological research written on the distinctive region of the Southeast called the Gulf coast blackland prairie. Ranging from the last glacial period to the present day, the case studies provide a broad picture of how the area has changed through time and been modified by humans, first with nomadic bands

Indians of North America --- Human ecology --- Paleoecology --- Prairies --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Palaeoecology --- Paleobiology --- Grasslands --- Antiquities. --- History. --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Gulf Coast (U.S.) --- Environmental conditions.