This book is about the interactions of people and their environments.It is often assumed that humans have conquered nature, that they are above its constraining influence. Indonesia provides a wealth of evidence to support the contention that a lattice of relationships binds environment, economy and society. Because Indonesia embraces such a range of environments, these interactions have produc…
Indonesia is biologically one of the richest countries in the world. this is due, at least in part, to its great size but is also a result of its complex geological history, its many islands on which endemic species have develop, and the myriad of niches that exist within the diverse and complex vegetation types found there. rnOur knowledge of Indonesia fauna varies enormously depending on whet…
Indonesia is botanically one of the richest countries in the world. This is partly due to its great size, but it also rflects the legacy of a complex geological history. The existence of many islands on which endemic species have developed, and a near perfect climate for plant growth in many parts of the Archipelago. Indonesia streches across 5,100 kilometres and encompasses a very wide range o…
The bones of some of the earliest humans lie deep in the earth of Indonesia. For over a million years, Indonesia has been the scene of human activity. Although ancient fossils have also been found in remote parts of Africa and China. Indonesia passesses the longest continuous record of human occupation in the wolrd, from the formation of early humans through the aearly agricultural phase, thro…
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika - it is various, and yet it is one. This mystical saying of a 14th century Javanese poet is profoundly appropriate as the motto for the Indonesian state. It is the variety of Indonesia that gives it is common character. Each region replicates, in its own way, the diversities between mountail and valley, upstream and downstream large (mainland) islands and small ones, forest…