Forest guardians, forest destroyers : the politics of environmental knowledge in northern Thailand /

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Examining the environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, this title analyzes deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. It argues that such crises have been used to support political objectives of s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Forsyth, Tim (Autor), Walker, Andrew, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2008]
Colección:Culture, place, and nature.
Temas:
Forest management > Thailand.
Forests and forestry > Economic aspects > Thailand.
Forest ecology > Thailand.
Forêts > Gestion > Thaïlande.
Forêts > Aspect économique > Thaïlande.
Écologie forestière > Thaïlande.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Forest ecology
Forest management
Forests and forestry > Economic aspects
Forstschutz
Umweltpolitik
Thailand
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword, by K. Sivaramakrishnan; Acknowledgments; 1. Environmental Crisis and the Crisis of Knowledge; 2. Mountains, Rivers, and Regulated Forests; 3. Upland People; 4. Forests and Water; 5. Water Demand; 6. Erosion; 7. Agrochemicals; 8. Biodiversity; 9. Rethinking Environmental Knowledge; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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