Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313323980)

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.

Author: Bruce Elliott Johansen
ISBN-10: 0313323984
ISBN-13: 9780313323980
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2003
Pages: 552
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 10.28h x 7.18w x 1.57d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2004 pg. 1660
Choice 06/01/2004 pg. 1860
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2005 pg. 726