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This book examines the environmental perceptions, values, and practices of inhabitants of Central Africa's rainforests in order to help build a more firm foundation for ecological and social sustainability at the local level, while also making contributions to global environmental ethics from underrepresented African cultural traditions. It focuses on two case studies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one an integrated health and sustainable development project in the Ubangi region, and the other a large wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest. Through in-depth interviews, focus groups, and participant observation conducted with local farmers and foragers, project staff, and local academics, the author records cultural and practical resources for the promotion of ecological sustainability both locally and globally. This revised and updated edition includes a new Preface and Afterword highlighting some of the key transformations that have taken place in the DRC, and relating those changes to the enduring themes discussed in the original work. In addition to several new color figures, new color photographs provide alluring images of the places and people with whom the author worked. ; https://dune.une.edu/env_facbooks/1000/thumbnail.jpg

Experiments and programs in labor-management cooperation are popularly believed to be effective in improving performance, but are often conducted with little or no evaluation of their success. This paper reports a test of a joint problem-solving model in a large telecommunications firm, as part of an overall assessment of the firm's quality-of-worklife (QWL) and employee involvement (El) committees. The assessment employed interviews, company performance indicators, and questionnaire survey data. Results showed strong evidence of the success of the joint committees as well as support for the model with respect to the contribution of key climate and process variables.