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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822098803321

Autore

Forsyth Tim

Titolo

Forest guardians, forest destroyers : the politics of environmental knowledge in northern Thailand / / Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2008

ISBN

0-295-80025-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 302 pages)

Collana

Culture, place, and nature

Studies in anthropology and environment

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerAndrew <1961->

Disciplina

333.7509593

Soggetti

Forest management - Thailand

Forests and forestry - Economic aspects - Thailand

Forest ecology - Thailand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 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. Biodiversi -- 9. Rethinking Environmental Knowledge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 state expansion and control in the uplands.