Fishing, Foraging and Farming in the Bolivian Amazon On a Local Society in Transition /

• Main Author: Ringhofer, Lisa. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Demography.; Life Sciences.; Community & Population Ecology.; Environmental Economics.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3487-8

Empirical in character, this book analyses the society-nature interaction of the Tsimane, a rural indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. Following a common methodological framework, the material and energy flow (MEFA) approach, it gives a detailed account of the biophysical exchange relations...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Tables and Figures
• 1. Introduction: Setting the Stage
• 2. Sustainability Transitions and the MEFA Toolkit: Concepts and Methods
• 3. Exploring an Indigenous World in the Bolivian Amazon: The Case of the Tsimane
• 4. Stocks, Flows and Land Use: The Metabolic Profile of Campo Bello
• 5. Work, Time and Other Functions
• 6. Comparing Local Transitions Acroos the Developing World
• 7. Local Visions for a Global Future
• Index.