Himalayan Perceptions Environmental Change and the Well-Being of Mountain Peoples By: Jack Ives Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415317986, 0415317983 eText ISBN: 9781134369072, 1134369077 Edition: 1st Pages: 296 Copyright year: 2004 Format: EPUB Available from $ 21.58 USD SKU 9781134369072R90 In the 1970s and 1980s many institutions, agencies and scholars believed that the Himalayan region was facing severe environmental disaster, due primarily to rapid growth in population that has caused extensive deforestation, which in turn has led to massive landsliding and soil erosion. This series of assumptions was first challenged in the book: The Himalayan Dilemma (1989: Ives and Messerli, Routledge). Nevertheless, the environmental crisis paradigm still commands considerable support, including logging bans in the mountain watersheds of China, India, and Thailand, and is constantly being promoted by the news media. Himalayan Perceptions identifies the confusion of misunderstanding, vested interests, changing perceptions, and institutional unwillingness to base development policy on sound scientific knowledge. It analyzes the large amount of new research published since 1989 and totally refutes the entire construct. It examines recent social and economic developments in the region and identifies warfare, guerrilla activities, and widespread oppression of poor ethnic minorities as the primary cause for the instability that pervades the entire region. It is argued that the development controversy is further confounded by exaggerated reporting, even falsification, by news media, environmental publications, and agency reports alike. Additional ISBNs 9781280050886, 9781138867130, 1280050888, 1138867136 Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/z5LKqJ
