Sustainability ethics: tales of two cultures

Two small isolated Pacific islands colonized by Polynesians experienced quite different fates - Easter Island suffered a major ecological collapse, while Tikopia appears to have attained sustainability. Both events occurred before European contact and provide valuable evidence in the discussion of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Cairns Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2004-05-01
Series:Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics
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Online Access:http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2004/E50.pdf