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Traditional environemental practices in the South Pacific : a case study of Fiji / by Suliana Siwatibau
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Ambio : a Journal of the human environment.
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Ambio : a Journal of the human environment.
AUTHOR:
Siwatibau, Suliana
PUBLISHED:
1984.
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365-368 pp.: maps ; 30 cm.
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In: Ambio : a Journal of the human environment, vol.13:5-6, 1984.
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Over the centuries, Fijians have developed methods of shifting cultivation that ensured the optimum utilization of available resources without depleting the resourse base.
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On the ilsand of Matuku, for example, villagers were able to grow dalo (Colocasia esculenta) on the same swampy ground over many generations without resorting to fertilizers or reducing the yield.
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Traditional conservation practices have succeeded on Fiji because they were practical everyday responses to a relatively harsh environment. where the specialization of knowledge was essential for the continued exploitation of very limted resources.
SUBJECT:
Conservation resources--Pacific.
SUBJECT:
Oceania.
ADDED ENTRY:
Hill, Lance
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