| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Fraser, Elizabeth Ann
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| URN |
etd-0707103-124904 |
| Title |
Conservation Versus Survival: A Cultural Ecological Study of Changing Settlement Patterns, Cultures, and Land Use in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve of Northeast Honduras |
| Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
| Department |
Geography & Anthropology |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Miles Richardson |
Committee Chair |
| Craig Colten |
Committee Member |
| Kent Mathewson |
Committee Member |
| Wayne Hudnall |
Committee Member |
| Marcia Simmering |
Dean's Representative |
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| Keywords |
- moskitia
- land cover
- agriculture
- frontier
- miskito
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| Date of Defense |
2003-05-15 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Conserving ecologically valuable areas is proclaimed a priority by governments, institutions, and citizens throughout the world. Preventing the erosion of the remaining indigenous cultures also receives widespread support. In response to these desires, numerous protected areas now exist; spaces that theoretically should attain both ecological and cultural preservation. However, many of these areas are found within a larger setting plagued by ongoing struggles to meet basic needs. Often these larger problems create a challenge to, if not work in opposition to, the original aims of protected areas. This study of nine communities looks at these and related issues in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve of northeast Honduras. It focuses on frontier settlement, within a broader context of changing settlement patterns; on culture change and adaptation by the indigenous Miskito; on the new land use systems introduced by the new Ladino settlers; and on the overall implications for the integrity of the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve.
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