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.

chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction

Politics, sustainable development and environmental change in South-East Asia
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part I|70 pages

Context

chapter 2|25 pages

Freedom To Plant

Indonesia and Thailand in a globalizing pulp and paper industry
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part II|67 pages

Process

chapter 6|22 pages

The Race for Power in LAOS

The Nordic connections
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chapter 7|18 pages

Plenty in the Context of Scarcity

Forest management in Laos
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part III|69 pages

Method

chapter 8|24 pages

Environmental Change in Malaysian Borneo

Fire, drought and rain
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chapter 9|34 pages

Mapping the Environment in South-East Asia

The use of remote sensing and geographical information systems
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chapter 10|10 pages

Problems in the Making

A critique of Vietnam's tropical forestry action plan
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part IV|106 pages

Options

chapter 11|22 pages

The Sustainability of Ecotourism in Indonesia

Fact and fiction
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chapter 12|9 pages

The Bajau

Future marine park managers in Indonesia?
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chapter 15|18 pages

Philippine Communitybased Forest Management

Options for sustainable development
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chapter 16|14 pages

Conclusion

Towards sustainable development in South-East Asia?
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