ISBN10: 0313323984, ISBN13: 9780313323980, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the industrialized world's encroachment on native lands has brought disastrous environmental harm to indigenous peoples. More than 170 native peoples around the world are facing life-and-death struggles to maintain environments threatened by oil spills, explosions, toxic chemicals, global warming, and other pollutants. This resource surveys those indigenous peoples and the environmental hazards that threaten their existence. Arranged geographically, each entry focuses on the peoples of a particular country and the environmental issues they face, from the global warming and toxic chemicals threatening the Arctic Inuits, to the logging that is devastating indigenous habitats in Borneo. General entries overview such topics as climate change, dam sites, and Native American Concepts of Ecology. A guide to related topics and index provide access to recurring themes such as deforestation, hydroelectric power, mining, and land tenure. This encyclopedia describes how intrusive activities such as mining, tourism, and dam building are damaging the environments of indigenous people around the world. Entries frequently describe the situation in whole countries and regions and other times focus in on the experiences of a particular ind Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ...

ISBN10: 0313323984, ISBN13: 9780313323980, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the industrialized world's encroachment on native lands has brought disastrous environmental harm to indigenous peoples. More than 170 native peoples around the world are facing life-and-death struggles to maintain environments threatened by oil spills, explosions, toxic chemicals, global warming, and other pollutants. This unique resource surveys those indigenous peoples and the environmental hazards that threaten their existence, providing a wealth of information not readily available elsewhere.Arranged geographically, each entry focuses on the peoples of a particular country and the environmental issues they face, from the global warming and toxic chemicals threatening the Arctic Inuits, to the logging that is devastating indigenous habitats in Borneo. General entries overview such topics as climate change, dam sites, and Native American Concepts of Ecology. The 'Guide to Related Topics' and index provide access to recurring themes such as deforestation, hydroelectric power, mining, and land tenure.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2003]
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