Indigenous People and Nature: Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability examines today’s environmental challenges in light of traditional knowledge, linking insights from geography, population, and environment from a wide range of regions around the globe. Organized in four parts, the book describes the foundations of human geography and its current research challenges, the intersections between environment and cultural diversity, addressing various type of ecosystem services and their interaction with the environment, the impacts of sustainability practices used by indigenous culture on the ecosystem, and conservation ecology and environment management.
Using theoretical and applied insights from local communities around the world, this book helps geographers, demographers, environmentalists, economists, sociologists and urban planners tackle today’s environmental problems from new perspectives.
1. Section I: Introduction: structural view and distribution of indigenous population - p. xvi 2. Chapter 1. Indigenous people activities on ecosystems and sustainable development- a paradigm shift - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Birhors of Purulia: marching toward mainstream of the society - p. 29 4. Chapter 3. City of the indigenous people: a study of Kohima City, Nagaland, India - p. 61 5. Section II: Intersection between environment and cultural diversity - p. 80 6. Chapter 4. Perception of agricultural drought vulnerability and hurdles of tribal life: a study of Jungle Mahal blocks of Western West Bengal - p. 85 7. Chapter 5. Assessing and quantifying livelihood vulnerability of tribal farmers in water-stressed region of rural West Bengal, India - p. 105 8. Chapter 6. Ethnomedicine and indigenous people: analysis of economic and ecological sustainability in Jangalmahal area of Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts, West Bengal, India - p. 133 9. Chapter 7. Livelihood constraints of indigenous people exposed to climatic hazards: an insight from Indian Sundarbans - p. 171 10. Chapter 8. Functions of social work on integration of the indigenous population into society - p. 199 11. Chapter 9. Living in sick tea plantations: socioeconomic and health conditions of indigenous tea garden workers and their survival strategies - p. 217 12. Chapter 10. Bhumij in a heterogeneous society: negotiating hierarchies and access to water in the Jungle Mahals of West Bengal - p. 241 13. Chapter 11. Indigenous populations, ethnomedicine and sustainability: The Indian perspective - p. 257 14. Chapter 12. Livelihood issues and educational challenges of indigenous people—retrospective and perspective from a backward district in India - p. 273 15. Chapter 13. Exploring livelihood issues and challenges of indigenous people of Anamalai, Parambikulam Aliyar Basin during the pandemic - p. 297 16. Section III: Indigenous and traditional culture impact on the ecosystem and indigenous population - p. 308 17. Chapter 14. Diminishing indigenous material culture among the Totos of North Bengal - p. 313 18. Chapter 15. The practice of entomophagism in India by indigenous people: past, present, and future - p. 329 19. Chapter 16. Folk dance and local ecologies: ethnographic explorations on the Chhau mask makers of Charida, West Bengal - p. 353 20. Chapter 17. Present sociocultural status of the Sri Lankan indigenous people (the Veddas) and future challenges - p. 381 21. Chapter 18. Dealing with vulnerabilities in tribal food security—a study on Jhargram district of West Bengal, India - p. 399 22. Chapter 19. Diversity and acceptance of insect mini-livestock among the indigenous people of Laos PDR: traditional knowledge, culinary, and bioprospecting - p. 419 23. Chapter 20. Tasar sericulture: an underutilized tool of poverty eradication among the tribals of Bankura district - p. 437 24. Chapter 21. Rituals and festivals of indigenous people of Chota Nagpur plateau of West Bengal: A positive correlation with the environment - p. 465 25. Section IV: Indigenous population, ecology conservation, potentiality, and technology - p. 488 26. Chapter 22. Persistent climate-driven floods: a voiced case of indigenous women experiencing ecosocial and health risks in a South-East community in Anmabra state, Nigeria - p. 495 27. Chapter 23. Transformation of a pristine livelihood in response to development—An overview of the Onge tribal community, Little Andaman Island, India - p. 525 28. Chapter 24. Sustainable uses of bamboo by indigenous people with special emphasis on North-East India - p. 543 29. Chapter 25. Salt for living: sustainable practice of salt harvesting in the Cirebonese community and its threat by coastal hazard - p. 577 30. Chapter 26. Indigenous technologies: knowledge and practices for sustainable development - p. 593 31. Index - p. 613
Indigenous People and Nature: Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability examines today’s environmental challenges in light of traditional knowledge, linking insights from geography, population, and environment from a wide range of regions around the globe. Organized in four parts, the book describes the foundations of human geography and its current research challenges, the intersections between environment and cultural diversity, addressing various type of ecosystem services and their interaction with the environment, the impacts of sustainability practices used by indigenous culture on the ecosystem, and conservation ecology and environment management.
Using theoretical and applied insights from local communities around the world, this book helps geographers, demographers, environmentalists, economists, sociologists and urban planners tackle today’s environmental problems from new perspectives.
1. Section I: Introduction: structural view and distribution of indigenous population - p. xvi 2. Chapter 1. Indigenous people activities on ecosystems and sustainable development- a paradigm shift - p. 3 3. Chapter 2. Birhors of Purulia: marching toward mainstream of the society - p. 29 4. Chapter 3. City of the indigenous people: a study of Kohima City, Nagaland, India - p. 61 5. Section II: Intersection between environment and cultural diversity - p. 80 6. Chapter 4. Perception of agricultural drought vulnerability and hurdles of tribal life: a study of Jungle Mahal blocks of Western West Bengal - p. 85 7. Chapter 5. Assessing and quantifying livelihood vulnerability of tribal farmers in water-stressed region of rural West Bengal, India - p. 105 8. Chapter 6. Ethnomedicine and indigenous people: analysis of economic and ecological sustainability in Jangalmahal area of Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts, West Bengal, India - p. 133 9. Chapter 7. Livelihood constraints of indigenous people exposed to climatic hazards: an insight from Indian Sundarbans - p. 171 10. Chapter 8. Functions of social work on integration of the indigenous population into society - p. 199 11. Chapter 9. Living in sick tea plantations: socioeconomic and health conditions of indigenous tea garden workers and their survival strategies - p. 217 12. Chapter 10. Bhumij in a heterogeneous society: negotiating hierarchies and access to water in the Jungle Mahals of West Bengal - p. 241 13. Chapter 11. Indigenous populations, ethnomedicine and sustainability: The Indian perspective - p. 257 14. Chapter 12. Livelihood issues and educational challenges of indigenous people—retrospective and perspective from a backward district in India - p. 273 15. Chapter 13. Exploring livelihood issues and challenges of indigenous people of Anamalai, Parambikulam Aliyar Basin during the pandemic - p. 297 16. Section III: Indigenous and traditional culture impact on the ecosystem and indigenous population - p. 308 17. Chapter 14. Diminishing indigenous material culture among the Totos of North Bengal - p. 313 18. Chapter 15. The practice of entomophagism in India by indigenous people: past, present, and future - p. 329 19. Chapter 16. Folk dance and local ecologies: ethnographic explorations on the Chhau mask makers of Charida, West Bengal - p. 353 20. Chapter 17. Present sociocultural status of the Sri Lankan indigenous people (the Veddas) and future challenges - p. 381 21. Chapter 18. Dealing with vulnerabilities in tribal food security—a study on Jhargram district of West Bengal, India - p. 399 22. Chapter 19. Diversity and acceptance of insect mini-livestock among the indigenous people of Laos PDR: traditional knowledge, culinary, and bioprospecting - p. 419 23. Chapter 20. Tasar sericulture: an underutilized tool of poverty eradication among the tribals of Bankura district - p. 437 24. Chapter 21. Rituals and festivals of indigenous people of Chota Nagpur plateau of West Bengal: A positive correlation with the environment - p. 465 25. Section IV: Indigenous population, ecology conservation, potentiality, and technology - p. 488 26. Chapter 22. Persistent climate-driven floods: a voiced case of indigenous women experiencing ecosocial and health risks in a South-East community in Anmabra state, Nigeria - p. 495 27. Chapter 23. Transformation of a pristine livelihood in response to development—An overview of the Onge tribal community, Little Andaman Island, India - p. 525 28. Chapter 24. Sustainable uses of bamboo by indigenous people with special emphasis on North-East India - p. 543 29. Chapter 25. Salt for living: sustainable practice of salt harvesting in the Cirebonese community and its threat by coastal hazard - p. 577 30. Chapter 26. Indigenous technologies: knowledge and practices for sustainable development - p. 593 31. Index - p. 613
