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  1. 1. Organic Farming is Coming to Our Valley : The Development of Pumi Eco-Agriculture and the Indigenisation of Modernity in Sino-Myanmar Borderlands

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Ze Gao; [2019]
    Keywords : eco-agriculture; indigenisation of modernity; environmentality; traditional ecological knowledge; agricultural land use; technical practices; governance; Pumi ethnicity; rural development; highland livelihoods; borderland; post-development theory; political ecology; contemporary history; agricultural policy;

    Abstract : How do indigenous people perceive and practice eco-agriculture, especially when it was introduced as a development project? This thesis aims to delve into this question by focusing on a policy-induced agrarian transition for Pumi community in Sino-Myanmar borderlands. Using ethnographic methods, I intend to offer an intimate account of a provincial programme to facilitate eco-agriculture in this ethnic region. READ MORE

  3. 2. Phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted soils in marginalised regions: opportunities, limitations and sustainable development

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Lesya Pronoza; [2017]
    Keywords : Phytoremediation; sustainable development; marginalised regions; cadmium; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : Soil pollution is one of the problems that obstruct sustainable development in the affected regions, posing a threat to the local environment, ecosystems and human wellbeing. Phytoremediation is one of the techniques used to clean polluted soils. READ MORE

  4. 3. Phytoremediation   of heavy metal polluted soils in marginalised regions: opportunities,   limitations and sustainable development

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Lesya Pronoza; [2017]
    Keywords : Phytoremediation; sustainable development; marginalised regions; cadmium; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : Soil pollution is one of the problems that obstruct sustainable development in the affected regions, posing a threat to the local environment, ecosystems and human wellbeing. Phytoremediation is one of the techniques used to clean polluted soils. READ MORE