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Resource stewardship: rain forest use among three ethnic groups of Ecuador
| Title: | Resource stewardship: rain forest use among three ethnic groups of Ecuador. |
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| Name(s): | Fadiman, Maria, creator | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2008 | |
| Publisher: | Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. | |
| Summary: | 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), can be harvested in such a way that the plant continues to grow after harvested parts have been removed. Thus, these two plants are potentially sustainable resources. The idea that non-indigenous groups are more detrimental to the forest than are indigenous people is addressed. This qualitative study falls into the body of research in which various authors have questioned the concept that indigenous people are inherently conservationist in nature. | |
| Identifier: | 165387 (digitool), FADT165387 (IID), fau:2004 (fedora) | |
| FAU Department/College: | Department of Geosciences Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | |
| Note(s): | This manuscript is a version of an article published in Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 31 (2008) p. 310-318 | |
| Subject(s): |
Ethnobotany--Ecuador Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Ecuador Biodiversity--Ecuador Natural resources management areas--Ecuador Rain forests--Ecuador--Management Sustainable development--Environmental aspects--Ecuador Rain forest plants |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165387 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2008 Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Other Version: | This manuscript is a version of an article published in Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 31 (2008) p. 310-318. |
