Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers
The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand
In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. They argue that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion and control in the uplands. They have also been used to justify the alternative directions advocated by an array of NGOs.In official and alternative discourses of economic development, the peoples living in Thailand's hill country are typically cast as either guardians or…
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Weitere Autoren: Walker, Andrew
- ISBN: 978-0-295-80025-7
- EAN: 9780295800257
- Produktnummer: 20514706
- Verlag: University of Washington Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'352 KB
- Abbildungen: 25 illus.
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Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker. Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
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