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Drivers of vulnerability to climate change and adaptive responses of forest-edge farming households in major agro-ecological zones of Nigeria
An understanding of forest communities’ risk factors for climate variation, adaptation trajectories, and how agroecological differences shape their...
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Land use dynamics and driving forces in Farta District Northwest Ethiopia
This research was conducted in the northwest Ethiopia to investigate the land use/cover dynamics and its driving forces. ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine...
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Behind Johannesburg: Plants and Possible Futures in an Industrialized Hinterland
This chapter explores two ubiquitous edible plants of Johannesburg’s hinterland by way of their cultivation: maize (a staple crop) and blackjack (an...
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River Stories from Periyar
The PeriyarPeriyar is the longest riverRiver with the largest discharge capacity flowing through KeralaKerala. The chapter is about the ‘human...
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Evolving Relations of Landscape, Infrastructure and Urbanization Toward Circularity: Flanders and Vietnam
A great deal of the contemporary discourse around circularity revolves around waste—the elimination of waste (and wastelands) through recycling,...
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Understanding the Determinants of Aspirations in Rural Tanzania: Does Financial Literacy Matter?
Aspirations have recently received increased attention in the analysis of poverty and its dynamics. The argument is that aspirations provide...
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Introduction: Conceptualizing Hinterlands
This introduction first considers the history of the hinterland as not just any spatial distribution but one driven by and instrumental to the...
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Map** the Villagescape: An Archaeological Approach to Political Ecology Along the Falemme River, AD 1000–1900
Historical narratives in Upper Senegal largely center on precolonial statecraft, long-distance trade, and ethno-religious mobilization. Drawing on...
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Distilling Livelihoods in Timor-Leste: Fataluku Ecologies of Practice
This paper builds on the celebrated monograph by James J. Fox, entitled, Harvest of the Palm: ecological change in eastern Indonesia (1977). Fox’s...
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Opportunities for Achieving Climate Neutrality Through Circular Agriculture in Southeast Asia
Climate neutrality is a concept that refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) emitted into the atmosphere as a result of...
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Challenges of transhumance in Northwest Cameroon
This study provides an overview of transhumance challenges in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) communities, identifying factors limiting seasonal livestock...
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Sustainable Conservation of Seeds and Food Grains in the Himalayas
Himalayan region is one of the oldest agricultural civilization areas and treasure for the food and agricultural crops such as rice, wheat, maize,...
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Improving Soil Health and Soil Security for Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal
Soil health and soil security are intrinsically interconnected with food and nutrition security. Hence, their improvement is necessary for a normal...
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Awareness and perception of climate change by smallholder farmers in two agroecological zones of Oyo state Southwest Nigeria
This study evaluated the awareness and perception of climate change among smallholder farmers across two agroecological zones (AEZs) of Oyo state...
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Towards Food Sovereignty: Dismantling the Capitalist Brahminic-Patriarchal Food Farming Regime
Country-specific national pathways to sustainable food systems, reinforce how the ‘transformation’ of food systems envisaged by the United Nations...
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Anthropology, the Environment, and Environmental Crisis
This chapter provides an overview of anthropological research on the environment and socio-environmental and geosocial transformations which often...
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Anthropology, the Environment, and Environmental Crisis
This chapter provides an overview of anthropological research on the environment and socio-environmental and geosocial transformations which often...
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Cultural landscapes of the central mountains of Palestine
Palestine has fluctuated between prosperity and hardships because of political turmoil. Known for their resilience, Palestinians have adapted their...
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Fire Suppression and the Wildfire Paradox in Contemporary China: Policies, Resilience, and Effects in Chinese Fire Regimes
China has a long history of both using and managing fire use while still regularly forced to fight forest fires. My approach seeks to generate...
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Moving From Coexistence to Conflict: A Political Ecology Perspective On Human-Rhesus Macaque Conflict in Himachal Pradesh, India
Human-wildlife conflicts are typically treated as emergent dilemmas related to wildlife management and anthropogenic encroachment into forest land....
