Description:
"Economic development and environmental
protection have often proved to be conflicting
driving forces behind change in northwest
Yunnan province, China. In 2003, the Sloping
Land Conversion Program brought an end to
traditional shifting cultivation in the Dulong
valley—part of the Gaoligong Mountain
Nature Reserve, Gongshan County— and is
now threatening Drung people?s livelihood
and culture while further increasing villagers?
dependence on state subsidies. This paper
addresses the implementation of this program
and the difficulties encountered by locals
in relation to environmental protection and
economic development issues. It describes
the specificities of swidden cultivation and
explores aspects of human-environment
relatedness in the Dulong Valley...
Keywords: Dulong (Drung, Trung, T?rung), China, Yunnan, Sloping
Land Conversion Program, swidden agriculture, biodiversity,
development, livelihood, suicide.
Source/publisher:
Himalaya
Date of Publication:
2014-12-19
Date of entry:
2015-03-09
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
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576.12 KB