| Author/Contributor(s): | Karlsson, Bengt G |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Date: | 05/01/2011 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
The questions that inspired this study are central to contemporary research within environmental anthropology, political ecology, and environmental history: How does the introduction of a modern, capitalist, resource regime affect the livelihood of indigenous peoples? Can sustainable resource management be achieved in a situation of radical commodification> of land and other aspects of nature? Focusing on conflicts relating to forest management, mining, and land rights, the author offers an insightful account of present-day challenges for indigenous people to accommodate aspirations for ethnic sovereignty and development.