Sherpa settlement and subsistence: Cultural ecology and history in highland Nepal
Title | Sherpa settlement and subsistence: Cultural ecology and history in highland Nepal |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 1989 |
Authors | Stevens, SF |
Date Published | 1989 |
Publisher | University of California, Berkeley, Department of Geography |
City | Berkeley, California |
Language | English |
Keywords | agroforestry; conservation; ecology; environment systems; government intervention |
Abstract | "Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geography in the graduate division of the University of California at Berkeley." A detailed analysis of forest conservation amongst the Khumbu Sherpas of Highland Nepal. Stevens outlines forest uses of the Sherpas as well as giving linguistic definitions of different indigenous conservation programs. Includes the effect of national government intervention on forest conservation in Highland Nepal. |
Notes | Chapter 9: Sherpa Forest Use and Management. Chapter 10: Forest Nationalization and Environmental Change. Maps; charts; figures; tables. (Has since been published as Claiming the High Ground. University of California Press. 1993.) |
URL | https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ak06-013 |
Research Notes | Local system: (OCoLC)214968998 (OCoLC)22755719 |
Number of Pages | 486 pp. |
Short Title | Sherpa settlement and subsistence |