Sherpa settlement and subsistence: Cultural ecology and history in highland Nepal

Reference Type Thesis
Year of Publication
1989
Contributors Author: Stanley Francis Stevens
Date Published
01/1989
Publisher
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Geography
City
Berkeley, California
Language
English
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Collection Topic
Agroforestry
Ecology
Keywords
ecology
conservation
government intervention
environment systems
agroforestry
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
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references
Collection title: CIKARD-Center for Indigenous Knowledge in Agriculture and Rural Development. Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University
Number of Pages
486 pp.
Short Title
Sherpa settlement and subsistence