Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Author : John Dransfield
Publisher : Balogh Scientific Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
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Author : John Dransfield
Publisher : Balogh Scientific Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
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Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Forage plants
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Publisher : Yayasan Obor Indonesia
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
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ISBN : 9789798316005
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Page : pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Botany, Economic
ISBN : 9789022009840
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Botany, Economic
ISBN : 9789798316258
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Page : 137 pages
File Size : 22,84 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Rattan palms
ISBN : 9789798316005
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Publisher : Yayasan Obor Indonesia
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 35,33 MB
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ISBN : 9789797990930
Author : Stephen F. Siebert
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824860381
Rattan is the common name for a diverse group of climbing palms found throughout Old World tropical forests. For centuries people have used them for binding, basketry, house construction, food, and numerous other non-market purposes; more recently the canes of some species have been gathered for the multi-billion-dollar furniture, handicraft, and mat-making industries. Thus rattan continues to be vital to the culture and economic well being of millions of cane collectors, laborers, and artisans throughout tropical Asia and Africa. The Nature and Culture of Rattan explores this valuable forest product, the tropical forests on which it depends, and the societies that flourish by using and managing these remarkable plants. The Nature and Culture of Rattan provides a distinctive and engaging review of rattan and the people whose lives are centered on it. It examines rattan use, biology, human culture, and challenges in tropical field research and conservation through the knowledge of cane workers in three Southeast Asian forest villages where the author lived over a twenty-five-year period. He effectively challenges commonly held views of "slash and burn" farming, rainforest destruction, and population increase while underscoring the myriad forces involved in individual decision-making and social and environmental change. Personal stories and experiences are integrated with scientific information in a manner that will attract nonspecialists as well as students and researchers. The Nature and Culture of Rattan will be a valuable addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in ecology, anthropology, rural sociology and development, forestry, and natural resource management. A website (www.cfc.umt.edu/rattan) includes additional photographs, suggested reading, and discussion topics.
Author : Paulos Cornelis Maria Jansen
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Botany
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Author : J. S. Siemonsma
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Botany
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