Environmental Change in South-East Asia : People, Politics and Sustainable Development

doi:10.4324/9780203983003

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Bryant, Raymond (editor)

Parnwell, Michael (editor)

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English

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Abstract

Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together scholars, journalists, consultants and NGO activists to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology. Ostensibly "green" activities - plantation forestry, eco-tourism, hydro-electricity - are revealed as guises used by elites to promote their own political and economic interests. Highlighting fatal flaws in presently exclusive economic and ecological approaches, the authors stress that neither the quest for sustainable development nor the process of environmental change itself can be understood without reference to political processes.

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https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/207127

Keywords

southeast; sustainable; development; apo; kayan; forest; product; tropical; timber; universiti; Apo Kayan; WWF Indonesia; Theun Hinboun; Van Der Pluijm; Nam Theun; Komodo National Park; Community Based Forest Management; Bajau People; Environmental Issues; North Lampung; Soil Fertility; Irian Jaya; South East; Non-timber Forest Products; Mekong Committee; TFAP; Temburong District; Community Forest Management; Natural Forest Products; Lao People’s Democratic Republic