Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China

<p>The Hani minority people of Yunnan Province (south-west China) have developed a complex and sustainable agro-environmental system of terraced rice paddy fields in Yuanyang (22°49’-23°19’N, 102°27-103°13’E). The Hani people have maintained this intricate and elaborate system for over 1,300 y...

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Main Author: Michael A. Fullen
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2014-06-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/2433
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spelling doaj-a17e7d9f849741649c2fec1c8f07e8082020-11-24T21:37:16ZporUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroEspaço Aberto2236-13672237-30712014-06-014165721978Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, ChinaMichael A. Fullen0University of Wolverhampton<p>The Hani minority people of Yunnan Province (south-west China) have developed a complex and sustainable agro-environmental system of terraced rice paddy fields in Yuanyang (22°49’-23°19’N, 102°27-103°13’E). The Hani people have maintained this intricate and elaborate system for over 1,300 years, with some 3,000 terraces covering about 11,000 hectares. Hence, during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Emperor awarded the Hani people the title of “Magic Mountain Sculptors” for “building their ladders to Heaven.” However, geographic isolation and proximity to the, until recently, politically-sensitive border with Vietnam, has meant the Yuanyang terraces have attracted scant scientific attention. If we can understand how this system is sustained, we can learn lessons which hopefully can be applied more generally. </p>https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/2433cultural attitudes, Hani minority people, landscape multifunctionality, resource optimization, Yuanyang, China.
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Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China
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cultural attitudes, Hani minority people, landscape multifunctionality, resource optimization, Yuanyang, China.
author_facet Michael A. Fullen
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title Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China
title_short Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China
title_full Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China
title_fullStr Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China
title_full_unstemmed Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China
title_sort agro-environmental sustainability of the yuanyang rice terraces of yunnan province, china
publisher Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
series Espaço Aberto
issn 2236-1367
2237-3071
publishDate 2014-06-01
description <p>The Hani minority people of Yunnan Province (south-west China) have developed a complex and sustainable agro-environmental system of terraced rice paddy fields in Yuanyang (22°49’-23°19’N, 102°27-103°13’E). The Hani people have maintained this intricate and elaborate system for over 1,300 years, with some 3,000 terraces covering about 11,000 hectares. Hence, during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Emperor awarded the Hani people the title of “Magic Mountain Sculptors” for “building their ladders to Heaven.” However, geographic isolation and proximity to the, until recently, politically-sensitive border with Vietnam, has meant the Yuanyang terraces have attracted scant scientific attention. If we can understand how this system is sustained, we can learn lessons which hopefully can be applied more generally. </p>
topic cultural attitudes, Hani minority people, landscape multifunctionality, resource optimization, Yuanyang, China.
url https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/2433
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