1st Edition

The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia Applied anthropology and environmental reclamation in the northern Philippines

By Ben Wallace Copyright 2006
144 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book follows the work of the 'Good Roots Project' - a multi-year forestry and agriculture research project in the Philippines. The scheme is an attempt on the part of industry, science and the government to better understand the processes of deforestation and initiate a strategy by which stressed upland ecosystems can be returned to productive stability. This comparative study aims... Read more
1. The Good Roots Project 2. The Ilocano 3. The Yapayao 4. Measuring the Forest 5. Cultural Exploitation of the Forests 6. Good Roots Development 7. Conclusions and Post Scripts

Biography

Ben J. Wallace is Professor of Anthropology, Assistant Provost and Director of the International Office at the Southern Methodist University, USA.