Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/008893534/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 28 of
28
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""This original and wide-ranging work carefully reconstructs village environmental histories and contemporary mountain resource practices to uncover the complex relationship between rural people and wild landscapes - one based on a strong and abiding sense of place and a unique knowledge of the environment. Such ties must be respected and built upon, the author argues, as China strives to develop a coordinated network of protected areas and an effective corpus of conservation policies." "While the tiger has long been identified with political authority, the Chinese pangolin and its earthly magic have exerted a powerful influence in the everyday lives of those working and living in the fields and forests. Today the tiger and the pangolin, government officials and village communities, must work together closely if wildlife-habitat conservation programs are to succeed. Extensive fieldwork in the Meihuashan Nature Reserve and other protected areas of western Fujian have led the author to advocate a landscape ecological approach to habitat conservation. By linking economic development to land use practices, he makes a strong case for integrating nature conservation efforts with land tenure and other socio-ecological issues in China and beyond."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12485261.
- catalog coverage "China Civilization.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""This original and wide-ranging work carefully reconstructs village environmental histories and contemporary mountain resource practices to uncover the complex relationship between rural people and wild landscapes - one based on a strong and abiding sense of place and a unique knowledge of the environment. Such ties must be respected and built upon, the author argues, as China strives to develop a coordinated network of protected areas and an effective corpus of conservation policies." "While the tiger has long been identified with political authority, the Chinese pangolin and its earthly magic have exerted a powerful influence in the everyday lives of those working and living in the fields and forests. Today the tiger and the pangolin, government officials and village communities, must work together closely if wildlife-habitat conservation programs are to succeed. Extensive fieldwork in the Meihuashan Nature Reserve and other protected areas of western Fujian have led the author to advocate a landscape ecological approach to habitat conservation. By linking economic development to land use practices, he makes a strong case for integrating nature conservation efforts with land tenure and other socio-ecological issues in China and beyond."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: a short history of nature conservation in China -- A mountain mosaic: biological and cultural diversity -- Lord of the hundred beasts: a history of tigers and people in southeast China -- The wealth of mountains: settlement, subsistence, and population change in Meihuashan before 1949 -- Three rises, two falls: political ecology and socioeconomic development in Meihuashan after 1949 -- Burning the mountains: a historical landscape ecology of the Meihuashan ecosystem -- Habitat conservation in the post-reform landscape -- White tigers and Azure dragons: Fengshui forests, sacred space, and the preservation of biodiversity in village landscapes -- Eating from the mountain: hunting traditions, the wildlife trade, and wildlife management -- Vital connections: linking nature conservation and cultural ecology in southeast China and beyond.".
- catalog extent "xi, 339 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0824825063 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press,".
- catalog spatial "China Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "China".
- catalog subject "333.95/16/0951 21".
- catalog subject "Ecology China History.".
- catalog subject "Nature conservation China History.".
- catalog subject "QH77.C6 C64 2002".
- catalog subject "Wildlife conservation China History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: a short history of nature conservation in China -- A mountain mosaic: biological and cultural diversity -- Lord of the hundred beasts: a history of tigers and people in southeast China -- The wealth of mountains: settlement, subsistence, and population change in Meihuashan before 1949 -- Three rises, two falls: political ecology and socioeconomic development in Meihuashan after 1949 -- Burning the mountains: a historical landscape ecology of the Meihuashan ecosystem -- Habitat conservation in the post-reform landscape -- White tigers and Azure dragons: Fengshui forests, sacred space, and the preservation of biodiversity in village landscapes -- Eating from the mountain: hunting traditions, the wildlife trade, and wildlife management -- Vital connections: linking nature conservation and cultural ecology in southeast China and beyond.".
- catalog title "The tiger and the pangolin : nature, culture, and conservation in China / Chris Coggins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".