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020 $a0824825063 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQH77.C6$bC64 2003
082 00 $a333.95/16/0951$221
100 1 $aCoggins, Chris,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002017031
245 14 $aThe tiger and the pangolin :$bnature, culture, and conservation in China /$cChris Coggins.
260 $aHonolulu :$bUniversity of Hawai'i Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axi, 339 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-329).
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: A Short History of Nature Conservation in China -- $gPt. I.$tThe Southeast Uplands: People, Landscapes, and Wildlife -- $g2.$tA Mountain Mosaic: Biological and Cultural Diversity -- $g3.$tLord of the Hundred Beasts: A History of Tigers and People in Southeast China -- $gPt. II.$tThe Tiger and the Pangolin: An Environmental History of the Plumflower Mountains -- $g4.$tThe Wealth of Mountains: Settlement, Subsistence, and Population Change in Meihuashan before 1949 -- $g5.$tThree Rises, Two Falls: Political Ecology and Socioeconomic Development in Meihuashan after 1949 -- $g6.$tBurning the Mountains: A Historical Landscape Ecology of the Meihuashan Ecosystem -- $gPt. III.$tContemporary Village Resource Management and Nature Conservation Strategies -- $g7.$tHabitat Conservation in the Post-Reform Landscape -- $g8.$tWhite Tigers and Azure Dragons: Fengshui Forests, Sacred Space, and the Preservation of Biodiversity in Village Landscapes -- $g9.$tEating from the Mountain: Hunting Traditions, the Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Management -- $g10.$tVital Connections: Linking Nature Conservation and Cultural Ecology in Southeast China and Beyond.
520 1 $a"This original and wide-ranging work carefully reconstructs village environmental histories and contemporary mountain resource practices to uncover the complex relationship between rural people and wild landscapes - one based on a strong and abiding sense of place and a unique knowledge of the environment. Such ties must be respected and built upon, the author argues, as China strives to develop a coordinated network of protected areas and an effective corpus of conservation policies." "While the tiger has long been identified with political authority, the Chinese pangolin and its earthly magic have exerted a powerful influence in the everyday lives of those working and living in the fields and forests. Today the tiger and the pangolin, government officials and village communities, must work together closely if wildlife-habitat conservation programs are to succeed. Extensive fieldwork in the Meihuashan Nature Reserve and other protected areas of western Fujian have led the author to advocate a landscape ecological approach to habitat conservation. By linking economic development to land use practices, he makes a strong case for integrating nature conservation efforts with land tenure and other socio-ecological issues in China and beyond."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aNature conservation$zChina$xHistory.
650 0 $aWildlife conservation$zChina$xHistory.
650 0 $aEcology$zChina$xHistory.
651 0 $aChina$xCivilization.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023992
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2002004373.html
852 00 $beal$hQH77.C6$iC64 2003