Institutions, Livelihoods and the Environment : Change and Response in Mainland Southeast Asia

by Weitz, Almud

• ISBN13: 9788787062985
• ISBN10: 8787062984
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Summary

Despite the recent economic crisis, mainland Southeast Asia continues to experience increasing economic integration of previously isolated rural hinterlands, especially in the upland areas of Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Yunnan in China, where demographic pressures together with the development of infrastructure and increased market-orientation of production combine to bring about significant economic and social change in rural areas. These changes have also led to significant environmental degradation such as deforestation, disturbance of water flows, and depletion of biodiversity resources. These and other related issues are addressed in this volume.

Table of Contents

Boxes, Figures and Tables
Introduction	1	(6)
Per Ronnas
Social and Economic Impacts of Road Development in the Uplands of the Lao PRD	7	(10)
Souphab Khouangvichit
Boun Oum Siripholdej
Mikkel Funder
The Social and Environmental Dimensions of Changes in Land Use in the Ca River Basin, Vietnam	17	(16)
Tran Duc Vien
Pham Thi Huong
Michael Schultz Rasmussen
An Institutional Analysis of Changes in Land Use Pattern and Water Scarcity in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam	33	(34)
Alia Ahmad
Increasing Pressure on Scarce Resources: Land Distribution and Land-lessness in Cambodia	67	(34)
Sik Boreak
Land Belongs to the Ancestors --- Land Belongs to the State: Conflicts between Customary Law among the Highland Minorities and National Law Regarding Land Rights and Natural Resources in Vietnam	101	(28)
Claes Corlin
Ecosystem Management in Northern Thailand	129	(40)
Mingsarn Santikarn Kaosa-ard
Environmental Consciousness among Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan, China: Traditional Local Agreements and their Modern Reappearance	169	(18)
Harald Bøckman
Regional Forces, Decentralisation and Local Responses: Institutions for Natural Resource Management in the Uplands of Mainland Southeast Asia	187	(24)
Nathan Badenoch
Mairi Dupar
Reconstructing the Mekong River Commission	211	(32)
Janne Jokinen
Is Sustainable Agriculture in Thailand Feasible?	243	(30)
Mogens Buch-Hansen
An Actor-based Approach to Understanding Stakeholders in Environmental Management in Southeast Asia Today: Some Methodological Considerations	273	(12)
Søren Lund
Learning from Rural Development Programmes in Cambodia	285	(62)
Chim Charnya
Srun Pithou
So Sovannarith
John McAndrew
Nguon Sokunthea
Pon Dorina
Robin Bidduplh
Addressing Anarchy: Decentralisation and Natural Resource Management in Ratanakiri Province, Upland Cambodia	347	(40)
Sith Samath
Pia Wallgren
Joakim Ojendal
Beyond Community: Governance and Livelihood Development in Mountain Watersheds of Southwest China	387	(12)
Xu Jianchu
Decentralisation in Northern Vietnam: Village Development Funds in the Mountain Rural Development Programme	399	(20)
Bent D. Jørgensen
Cecilia Bergstedt
Do Phuong Thao
Nguyen Quang Dung
Contributors	419