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Palawan and its global connections / editors, James F. Eder, Oscar L. Evangelista editors James F. Eder and Oscar L. Evangelista.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2014.Description: ix, 392 pages ; 23 cm illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789715507004
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC457 P3P17 2014
Contents:
Setting the stage -- Global themes in the archaeology of Palawan -- The Minority vernaculars of Palawan Batak ethnolinguistic vitality -- Palawan in the world of Islam -- Resource use and the politics of conservation -- Fishing and socioeconomic change in the Calamianes Islands -- Crafting livelihood in the era of neoliberal environmentality -- Capitalizing nature and conservation at the Subterranean River National Park -- Environmental values and cultural models in Honda Bay -- From local struggles to global advocacy -- Mining expansion and the responses of indigenous peoples -- Losing ancestral domains to biofuels plantations -- Competing narratives of place in Malampaya sound -- Environmental politics and the burden of authenticity.
Summary: "Palawan figures prominently in the Philippines and beyond for its stunning natural beauty, immense biological significance, abundant natural resources, and striking human diversity. Commanding the attention of those who study and care about Palawan, however, are some sobering concerns : the corrosive environmental and human consequences of state-sponsored corporate resource extraction, the debatable merits of government and NGO-inspired environmental governance schemes, and the struggles of everyday people to survive in the face of extraordinary global pressures on traditional livelihoods and cultures."--Back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Print Books 2021
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Room Use Section Non-fiction F RUS HC457 P3P17 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 76858 00076843

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the stage -- Global themes in the archaeology of Palawan -- The Minority vernaculars of Palawan Batak ethnolinguistic vitality -- Palawan in the world of Islam -- Resource use and the politics of conservation -- Fishing and socioeconomic change in the Calamianes Islands -- Crafting livelihood in the era of neoliberal environmentality -- Capitalizing nature and conservation at the Subterranean River National Park -- Environmental values and cultural models in Honda Bay -- From local struggles to global advocacy -- Mining expansion and the responses of indigenous peoples -- Losing ancestral domains to biofuels plantations -- Competing narratives of place in Malampaya sound -- Environmental politics and the burden of authenticity.

"Palawan figures prominently in the Philippines and beyond for its stunning natural beauty, immense biological significance, abundant natural resources, and striking human diversity. Commanding the attention of those who study and care about Palawan, however, are some sobering concerns : the corrosive environmental and human consequences of state-sponsored corporate resource extraction, the debatable merits of government and NGO-inspired environmental governance schemes, and the struggles of everyday people to survive in the face of extraordinary global pressures on traditional livelihoods and cultures."--Back cover.

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