Ecologies of the Heart: Emotion, Belief, and the Environment

by E.N. Anderson

There is much we can learn about conservation from native peoples, says Gene Anderson. While the advanced nations of the West have failed to control overfishing, deforestation, soil erosion, pollution, and a host of other environmental problems, many traditional peoples manage their natural resources quite successfully. And if some traditional peoples mismanage the environment--the irrational value some place on rhino horn, for instance, has left...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195090101
• ISBN13: 9780195090109
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"