Subsistence and Environment of a highland Kenyah Community.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Subsistence and Environment of a highland Kenyah Community. |
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Author :
Ilik Saccheri and Daniel Walkerf |
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Abstract:
This paper is an a bridged version of the research report produced by the Edinburgh University Kalimantan Expedition (1988). The objective of this project was to describe the subsistence strategies, principally the provision of food, of a Kenyah community in a highland, rainforest, region of Kalimantan and to consider the place of that community in the forest ecosystem. The style and structure of the research was strongly influenced by Dr Chin's (1985) monograph Agriculture and Resource Utilization in a Lowland Rainforest Kenyah Community. Chin's work suggests that the Kenyah resource utilization strategiesare stable, adaptive and compatible with the rainforest ecosystem. While he points out that population pressure, increased expectations and a rapid entry into a market economy could destabilise this equilibrium, his research in a lowland community in Sarawak suggests that the Kenyah may be able to adapt traditional systems to effectively meet new needs and aspirations, thereby retaining many traditional activities, values and, hopefully, sustainable interaction with the rainforest environment.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Ilik Saccheri. (1991). Subsistence and Environment of a highland Kenyah Community. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XLII (63): 193-250 |
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