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New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century
Alchemy in the Rain Forest: Politics, Ecology, and Resilience in a New Guinea Mining Area
Duke University Press
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978-0-8223-7501-2
Publication date:
2015
Book Chapter
Social-Ecological Perturbations and Human Responses
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Published:October 2015
This chapter explores resilience and its limits in the context of ecological factors. The idea of social memory is examined, through which responses to ecological crises are mitigated by mythical proscriptions and the practical sharing of adaptive strategies. Mitigation practices for volcanic eruptions and the impacts of frosts were widespread in traditional Porgeran cultural knowledge. This chapter examines the implications of a changing environment due to increases in the number of El Niños and in population to understand the limits of adaptive knowledge. Looking at climate change and forest degradation through remote sensing and ecological surveys captures a more complex...
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