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

Autores/as

  • Michael A. Fullen University of Wolverhampton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36403/espacoaberto.2014.2433

Palabras clave:

cultural attitudes, Hani minority people, landscape multifunctionality, resource optimization, Yuanyang, China.

Resumen

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. 

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Biografía del autor/a

Michael A. Fullen, University of Wolverhampton

Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY,
U.K.

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Publicado

2014-06-30

Cómo citar

FULLEN, Michael A. Agro-environmental Sustainability of the Yuanyang Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province, China. Espaço Aberto, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, v. 4, n. 1, p. 65–72, 2014. DOI: 10.36403/espacoaberto.2014.2433. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/2433. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.