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Routledge Himalayan Perceptions: Environmental Change and the Well-Being of Mountain Peoples (Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment)

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In the 1970s and 1980s many institutions, agencies and scholars believed that the Himalayan region was facing severe environmental disaster, due primarily to rapid growth in population that has caused extensive deforestation, which in turn has led to massive landsliding and soil erosion. This series of assumptions was first challenged in the book: The Himalayan Dilemma (1989: Ives and Messerli, Routledge). Nevertheless, the environmental crisis paradigm still commands considerable support, including logging bans in the mountain watersheds of China, India, and Thailand, and is constantly being promoted by the news media. Himalayan Perceptions identifies the confusion of misunderstanding, vested interests, changing perceptions, and institutional unwillingness to base development policy on sound scientific knowledge. It analyzes the large amount of new research published since 1989 and totally refutes the entire construct. It examines recent social and economic developments in the region and identifies warfare, guerrilla activities, and widespread oppression of poor ethnic minorities as the primary cause for the instability that pervades the entire region. It is argued that the development controversy is further confounded by exaggerated reporting, even falsification, by news media, environmental publications, and agency reports alike. Review 'Himalayan Perceptions must be read by everyone involved with mountain resource management from Afghanistan to Thailand and every place in between.' - Nepali Times '[This book] will form an essential basis for future mountain research within a number of disciplines.' - The Holocene About the Author Jack D. Ives is Senior Advisor on Sustainable Mountain Development at The United Nations University, Tokyo.

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Brand: Routledge
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ASIN: 1138867136
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Biological Sciences > Animal Sciences > Habitats
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Release Date: 29 April 2015
Listed Since: 03 November 2014

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