| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
People and plants conservation series |
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People and plants conservation series.
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| Contents |
Livelihoods, carving and conservation / Brian Belcher, Anthony Cunningham and Bruce Campbell -- Global overview : tradition, technology and trade / Anthony Cunningham -- Chasing the wooden rhino : the case of woodcarving in Kenya / Simon K. Choge, Anthony Cunningham and William Ellery -- Drums and hornbills / Patrick Omeja, Anthony Cunningham and Joseph Obua -- Sculpture and identity : the Makonde African blackwood carving movement / Zachary Kingdon -- Fallbacks and tourist traps : carving wood in southern Zimbabwe / Wavell Standa-Gunda and Oliver Braedt -- Bowls, spoons, and other useful items : the Kiaat woodcrafters of Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Sheona E. Shackleton -- Carvers, conservation and certification in India / Sudipto Chatterjee, Manish Pande, Govinda Pangging and Gitika Goswami -- Colour, sustainability and market sense in Bali / Dede Rohadi, Pipin Permadi and Syarif Hidayat -- "Too many trees!" : aboriginal woodcarvers in Australia / Jennifer Koenig, Jon C. Altman and Anthony D. Griffiths |
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Fantasy figures : bursera woodcarving in Oaxaca, Mexico / Silvia E. Purata, Michael Chibnik, Berry J. Brosi and Ana María López -- Linaloe wood handicrafts : natural and social witnesses / Paul Hersch-Martínez and Robert Glass -- Getting out of the woods : learning from a comparison of cases / Brian Belcher and Ramadhani Achdiawan -- Ecological footprints : carving, sustainability and scarcity / Anthony Cunningham, Bruce Campbell, Brian Belcher and Ramadhani Achdiawan -- Certification of woodcarving / Susanne F. Schmitt and David R. Maingi -- Carving out a future : planning for woodcarving in the 21st century / Bruce Campbell, Anthony Cunningham and Brian Belcher |
| Summary |
Very little has yet been written about the cultural or economic contributions of woodcarving to people's livelihoods or the consequences of felling hardwood and softwood trees for the international woodcarving trade. Carving Out a Future is the first examination of this trade and its critical links to rural livelihoods biodiversity conservation forestry and the international trade regime. A range of case studies from Australia Bali IndiaAfrica and Mexico provides a lens for examining the critical issues relating to the significant impacts of woodcarving on forests conservation efforts the need |
| Notes |
"WWF; Unesco; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wood-carving industry -- Cross-cultural studies
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Wood-carving industry -- Environmental aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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Wood-carving industry.
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Wood-carving industry -- Environmental aspects.
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Industrie du bois.
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Effets sur l'environnement.
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Commerce international.
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Milieu culturel.
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Wood-carving industry
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Holzschnitzindustrie
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Umweltverträglichkeit
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Holzschnitzerei
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Welthandel
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cunningham, A. B
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Campbell, B. M. (Bruce Morgan), 1953-
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Belcher, Brian M. (Brian Murray), 1959-
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World Wildlife Fund.
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Unesco.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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| ISBN |
9781849770705 |
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1849770700 |
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1423728378 |
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9781423728375 |
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