The Political Ecology of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia Historical Perspectives

by Abe, Ken-Ichi; Jong, Wil De; Lye, Tuck-Po

• ISBN13: 9784876984534
• ISBN10: 4876984530
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Trans Pacific Press

Summary

Following an interdisciplinary approach to debates about the future of tropical forests in Southeast Asia, the authors - experts in their field - unravel the extent to which the interests of local inhabitants, nation-states and international environmental movements are intertwined. This volume, a joint publication with Kyoto University Press, examines the highly politicized context in which local forestry problems intersect with global market forces, focusing on the social and economic diversity of different tropical forests and their specific historical background. It emphasizes the importance of examining local issues in their own right.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	p. vii
List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. x
List of Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
The political ecology of tropical forests in Southeast Asia: Historical roots of modern problems	p. 1
Forests versus agriculture: Colonial forest services, environmental ideas and the regulation of land-use change in Southeast Asia	p. 29
Trading in the forest: Lessons from Lao history	p. 72
The political ecology of forest products in Indonesia: A history of changing adversaries	p. 107
Peat swamp forest development in Indonesia and the political ecology of tropical forests in Southeast Asia	p. 133
De facto decentralization and community conflicts in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: Explanations from local history and implications for community forestry	p. 152
One hundred years of land use changes: Political, social, and economic influences on an Iban village in Bakong River Basin, Sarawak, East Malaysia	p. 177
The ecological-economics of non-sustainable development: Logging tropical forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific	p. 200
Discourse and Southeast Asian deforestation: A case study of the International Tropical Timber Organization	p. 236
The problem of gaizai: The view from Japanese forestry villages	p. 265
Index	p. 283
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