Ethnoecology, Resource Use, Conservation And Development In A ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
This thesis could not have been completed without the co-operation, help and<br />
support of a great many people, to each one of whom I owe a great debt of<br />
gratitude. I am not able to name individually everyone who has fed, sheltered, advised<br />
or otherwise assisted me over the past few years, and I hope that any ommissions<br />
from the following list will be forgiven.<br />
Thanks go in the first instance to the people of Maruranau, who agreed to host<br />
and participate in the study and who, between them, have provided the majority of<br />
the field information upon which this dissertation is based. <strong>In</strong> particular, I would like to<br />
mention Lawrence David, Laura David, Moses David, Felix Perry, Theo Isaacs, Martin<br />
Pablo, Amy Pablo, Claudette Pablo, Cateri Pablo, Leo Gomes, Celine Gomes, Laura<br />
Gomes, Gina Gomes, Hilda O'Connell, Roy O'Connell, Vybert George, Juliet George, Rex<br />
Perry, Muriel Perry, Stanley O'Connell, Nita O'Connell, Lloyd Ritchie, Petronella<br />
O'Connell, Gerald O'Connell, Olaf Claude, Josephine Claude, Alma Shook, Mike Shook,<br />
Ursula Gomes, Patrick Gomes, <strong>And</strong>rea Gomes, Robert McCracken, Daniel Aguilar,<br />
Mureen Aguilar, Bernard Bernard, Ivor Paulin, Trevor George, Noel David, Yvonne<br />
David, Michael Thomas, Clement Thomas, Ignace Thomas, Cleonis Edward, Bennet<br />
James, Zelita James, Claudia Joseph, Peter Lanis, Joe Marco, Mary Marco, Tyrone<br />
Marco, Christian Louis, Nigel Marco, Valentine Pablo, Thomas O'Connell, Lucita<br />
O'Connell, Godfrey Sandy, Odo Simon, Edna Simon, Alexis Mandokin, Oscar David,<br />
Roderick Perry, Dennis Marcello, Imelda Marcello, Hercules Pablo, Lionel Simon, Elenore<br />
Simon, Lionel Steven, Leo Smithette, Victor Edward, Lyndon Claude, Hilary Thomas<br />
and Sylvan Edward.<br />
Many people elsewhere in the Rupununi provided invaluable assistance, especially<br />
Justin de Freitas, Cheryl, Duane de Freitas, Sandy de Freitas, Leroy Ignacio, <strong>And</strong>y,<br />
Pip, Richard Wilson, Brown Fredericks and family, Louise Ramadan, Dorothy Farrier,<br />
Eugene <strong>And</strong>rew, Fred Atkinson, Shirley Melville, Peter McClachlan, Jem McChlaclan,<br />
Vincent Henry, Sana Ranatunga and Valentine Wilson.<br />
Thanks goes to the Government of Guyana for providing permission to remain in<br />
the country and conduct research. Staff in many government departments gave me<br />
valuable assistance, including Denise Fraser and Vimla Roopchand of the<br />
Environmental Protection Agency, and Vybert de Souza, Lloyd <strong>And</strong>rew and George<br />
Simon at the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs. Many University of Guyana staff also<br />
went out of their way to help me, including Desrey Fox, Janette Forte, Lorraine Pierre,<br />
Patrick Williams, and John Caesar. <strong>In</strong>valuable personal assistance was extended by