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• catalog abstract "Annotation Offering intimate and unforgettable descriptions of the birds and people that inhabit Honduran landscapes, Seven Names for the Bellbird showcases the deep-rooted local traditions of bird appreciation and holds them up as a model for sound management of the environment. Through his recounting of local lore, author Mark Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the scarce anthropological and geographical literature on human-environment relationships in Central America and also provides stories of native birds and their human observers. After a decade in the field in Honduras, Bonta came to realize that, contrary to outsiders' general beliefs, the society he observed was predisposed "to like birds, to observe birds, to weave them into folklore, and to protect them on private property." Bonta argues that if North Americans and Europeans were to pay real attention to local knowledge and practice--instead of condemning them out-of-hand and imposing upon them new beliefs and techniques--they would learn that rural cultures offer alternative ways of accommodating habitats and wildlife. Bonta uses the concept of "conservation geography"--The study of human beings and their landscapes, with natural resource conservation in the forefront--to advance his argument. He describes many cases in which local individuals and their traditional knowledge of birds contribute to a de facto variety of bird conservation that precedes or parallels "official" bird protection efforts. This book is not offered as "proof" that all birds have happy futures in the Neotropics. Bonta recognizes the ravages of both human pressures and natural disasters on the birds and forests. But he shows that in many instances, birds are safe and even thrive in the presence of local people, who "celebrate them jus.".
• catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
• catalog contributor b12904930.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "Annotation Offering intimate and unforgettable descriptions of the birds and people that inhabit Honduran landscapes, Seven Names for the Bellbird showcases the deep-rooted local traditions of bird appreciation and holds them up as a model for sound management of the environment. Through his recounting of local lore, author Mark Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the scarce anthropological and geographical literature on human-environment relationships in Central America and also provides stories of native birds and their human observers. After a decade in the field in Honduras, Bonta came to realize that, contrary to outsiders' general beliefs, the society he observed was predisposed "to like birds, to observe birds, to weave them into folklore, and to protect them on private property." Bonta argues that if North Americans and Europeans were to pay real attention to local knowledge and practice--instead of condemning them out-of-hand and imposing upon them new beliefs and techniques--they would learn that rural cultures offer alternative ways of accommodating habitats and wildlife. Bonta uses the concept of "conservation geography"--The study of human beings and their landscapes, with natural resource conservation in the forefront--to advance his argument. He describes many cases in which local individuals and their traditional knowledge of birds contribute to a de facto variety of bird conservation that precedes or parallels "official" bird protection efforts. This book is not offered as "proof" that all birds have happy futures in the Neotropics. Bonta recognizes the ravages of both human pressures and natural disasters on the birds and forests. But he shows that in many instances, birds are safe and even thrive in the presence of local people, who "celebrate them jus.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction to Conservation Geography -- Ch. 1. Ornithophilia -- Ch. 2. Historical and Geographical Background -- Ch. 3. Women, Children, and Birds -- Ch. 4. Counterpoint of Zorzal and Zopilote in Juticalpa -- Ch. 5. Large Private Landowners as Conservationists -- Ch. 6. Pajarales in Human Landscapes -- Ch. 7. Owls, Cacaos, and Golden-cheeked Warblers -- Ch. 8. People and Avifauna of Montane Rain Forests -- Ch. 9. Landscape Dialogues -- App. Birds Recorded in Central Olancho, 1937-2002.".
• catalog extent "xii, 231 p., [22] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Seven names for the bellbird.".
• catalog identifier "1585442496 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Seven names for the bellbird.".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
• catalog relation "Seven names for the bellbird.".
• catalog spatial "Honduras".
• catalog spatial "Honduras.".
• catalog subject "333.95/816/097283 21".
• catalog subject "Birds Conservation Honduras.".
• catalog subject "Birds Effect of human beings on Honduras.".
• catalog subject "Birds Honduras Folklore.".
• catalog subject "Birds Honduras.".
• catalog subject "Human ecology Honduras.".
• catalog subject "QL687.H8 B66 2003".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction to Conservation Geography -- Ch. 1. Ornithophilia -- Ch. 2. Historical and Geographical Background -- Ch. 3. Women, Children, and Birds -- Ch. 4. Counterpoint of Zorzal and Zopilote in Juticalpa -- Ch. 5. Large Private Landowners as Conservationists -- Ch. 6. Pajarales in Human Landscapes -- Ch. 7. Owls, Cacaos, and Golden-cheeked Warblers -- Ch. 8. People and Avifauna of Montane Rain Forests -- Ch. 9. Landscape Dialogues -- App. Birds Recorded in Central Olancho, 1937-2002.".
• catalog title "Seven names for the bellbird : conservation geography in Honduras / Mark Bonta.".
• catalog type "Folklore. fast".
• catalog type "text".