1st Edition

Resilience, Reciprocity and Ecological Economics Northwest Coast Sustainability

By Ronald Trosper Copyright 2009
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years? Can the answer to this question inform the current debate about sustainability in today’s social ecological systems? The answer to the first question involves identification of the key institutions that characterized those societies.... Read more

1. Sustainability Needs Tested Ideas from the Pacific Northwest  2. Why it is So Difficult to Learn from Aboriginal North America  3. A Partial Policy Framework Already Exists  4. Gifts: Indian Giving Creates Consumption Connections to Mirror Ecosystem Connections  5. Chiefs: Empower Generous Facilitators to Resolve Conflicts  6. Contingency: Community limits on Individual Behavior Promote Resilience  7. Comparison of Indigenous and Industrial Salmon Management  8. Relicensing of Kerr Dam on the Flathead Indian Reservation  9: Nisga’a Nation and Treaty  10: Dams and Salmon on the Lower Snake River  11. The NW System Encourages Adaptive Management

Biography

Ronald Trosper