Tropical forests, people and food: an overview

Claude Marcel Hladik (1) , Olga F. Linares (2) , Annette Hladik (1) , Hélène Pagezy (1) , Alison Semple (1)

1 EAE - Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie
2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

The contrasting histories of different continents and their tropical forests provide the basic context in which the diversity of feeding strategies observed today was developed. These strategies form a continuum from subsistence foraging to commercial farming . They typically also necessitate a conceptual approach that focuses on biocultural interactions.

Domaines: Anthropologie biologique; Environnement et Société

Claude Marcel Hladik, Olga F. Linares, Annette Hladik, Hélène Pagezy, Alison Semple. Tropical forests, people and food: an overview. Hladik, C.M., Hladik, A., Linares, O.F., Pagezy, H, Semple, A. et Hadley, M. Tropical Forests, People and Food: Biocultural interactions and applications to development, UNESCO-Parthenon, Paris, pp.3-14, 1993. ⟨hal-00586888⟩