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Natural resource use and cultural change: Nipa hut shingle processing with Nypa fruticans, Arecaceae, in Palawan, Philippines
- Date Issued:
- 2008
- Summary:
- 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.
Title: | Natural resource use and cultural change: Nipa hut shingle processing with Nypa fruticans, Arecaceae, in Palawan, Philippines. |
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Name(s): | Fadiman, Maria, creator | |
Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Article | |
Issuance: | single unit | |
Date Issued: | 2008 | |
Publisher: | Florida Society of Geographers | |
Summary: | 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. | |
Identifier: | 165428 (digitool), FADT165428 (IID), fau:2006 (fedora) | |
FAU Department/College: | Department of Geosciences Charles E. Schmidt College of Science | |
Note(s): | The Florida Geographer 39(2008) p. 20-35 http://www.geosciences.fau.edu/fsg/index.html | |
Subject(s): |
Natural resources--Philippines--Management Ethnobotany--Philippines Mangrove forests--Philippines Mangrove ecology Land use--Environmental aspects--Philippines Deforestation--Philippines |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165428 | |
Restrictions on Access: | ©2008 Florida Society of Geographers | |
Host Institution: | FAU | |
Other Version: | This article was published in The Florida Geographer 39(2008) p. 20-35 http://www.geosciences.fau.edu/fsg/index.html. |