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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Demography.; Life Sciences.; Community & Population Ecology.; Environmental Economics.; Sociology, general.; Sustainable Development.

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:

• Introduction: Setting the Stage
• Sociometabolic Transitions and the MEFA Toolkit: Concepts and Methods
• Exploring an Indigenous World in the Bolivian Amazon: The Case of the Tsimane’
• Stocks, Flows and Land Use: The Metabolic Profile of Campo Bello
• Time, Work, and Other Functions
• Comparing Local Transitions Across The Developing World
• Local Visions for a Global Future.