Environmental change in South-East Asia : people, politics and sustainable development / / edited by Michael Parnwell, and Raymond Bryant.
Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together a wide range of contributors to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology.
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| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Global environmental change
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Environmental Change in South-East Asia: People, Politics and Sustainable Development
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of figures
- List of tables and boxes
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- The Politics of Environmental Change
- The Politics of Sustainable Development
- Overview
- Part I: Context
- 2. Freedom to Plant
- An Expanding Industry
- Common Dangers
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- Conclusion: Managing Resistance
- 3. Environmental Ngos and Different Political Contexts in South-east Asia
- Environmental Ngos and the Political Context in Vietnam
- Environmental Ngos and the Political Context in Malaysia
- Environmental Ngos and the Political Context in Indonesia
- Conclusion
- 4. Japan and South-east Asia's Environment
- The Political Economy of Japanese Environmental Management
- Japan as an Agent for Environmental Change in South-east Asia
- Japan as a Consumer of Natural Resources
- Japanese Overseas Economic Activity/foreign Direct Investment (fdi)
- Japan's International Environmental Policy
- Future Directions in Japan-south-east Asian Environmental Relations
- Conclusion
- Part II: Process
- 5. The Search for Sustainable Livelihoods in Indonesian Transmigration Settlements
- Introduction
- Environmental Resources
- Livelihoods
- The Indonesian Transmigration Programme
- The Research Location
- Key Issues Confronting Transmigrants in North Lampung
- Price of Farm Products and Access to Credit
- Pest, Disease and Weeds
- Health
- The Ownership and Management of Land
- Transportation
- Consequences and Responses
- New Agricultural Strategies
- Livestock Production
- Wage Labour
- Hunting, Gathering and Market Trade
- Conclusions
- 6. The Race for Power in Laos
- The Regional Context
- The Nam Theun Hinboun Dam.
- Dam-building in Laos: the Boot Era
- Nordic Connections
- The Politics of 'appraisal Optimism'
- Laos's Dilemma
- 7. Plenty in the Context of Scarcity
- Introduction
- Laos: the Forest Resource
- Forests and the Economic Reforms
- The Multiple Sources of Deforestation
- Understanding Resource Degradation in Laos
- Forest Policy-making on the Run
- Establishing Property Rights
- Prospects for the Future
- Part III: Method
- 8. Environmental Change in Malaysian Borneo
- The Issues
- Interdisciplinary Research Programmes
- The Bintulu Research Project, Sarawak
- Fire, Drought and Rain
- Rainfall Statistics
- Implications of Drought
- Iban Activities and Response in the Bintulu Division of Sarawak
- Fire and Rain in Bintulu
- Other Environmental Concerns
- Perceptions of the Environment
- Health and Nutrition
- Non-timber Forest Products
- Summary and Conclusion
- 9. Mapping the Environment in South-east Asia
- Introduction
- Remote Sensing
- Geographical Information Systems
- Case Studies
- Case Study 1 Monitoring and Measuring Land Cover Conversion in Sabah, East Malaysia
- Background
- Method
- Results
- Data Issues
- Remote Sensing
- Conclusions
- Case Study 2 Aerial Photography and Gis: a Baseline Resource for Environmental Studies...
- Geographical Coverage
- Pilot Study: Thailand
- Photograph Analysis
- Discussion of the Analysis
- Transfer of Information from Photograph to Digital Format
- Recognition of Land Use Patterns
- The Digitization Process
- Research Directions
- Case Study 3 a Gis for the Rainforests of Brunei
- Methodology
- Topographic and Related Data
- Existing Data
- Survey Data
- Gis Output
- Discussion
- Applications of the Present Gis
- Limitations
- Issues and Recommendations
- Data Unification
- Data Protocols
- Spatial Accuracy
- Ease of Use
- Conclusions.
- General Conclusion
- 10. Problems in the Making
- Introduction
- The Tropical Forestry Action Plan
- Shifting Cultivation
- Consultation Between Consultants
- The Paper and Pulp Industry
- Large-scale Hydro-power Development
- The Tfap in Vietnam Today
- Conclusion
- Part IV: Options
- 11. The Sustainability of Ecotourism in Indonesia
- Tourism in National Parks
- Ecotourism: Principles and Practice
- Sustainable Tourism: Principles and Practice
- Ecotourism in Indonesia
- Case Studies
- Siberut National Park
- Gunung Leuser National Park
- Wasur National Park
- Lore Lindu National Park
- Komodo National Park
- The Asmat People
- Towards the Future
- 12. The Bajau
- The Need for Marine Conservation
- A Sea-nomadic Lifestyle Under Pressure
- Fishing Methods
- Marine Cosmology
- Stewardship
- 13. Environmental Degradation, Non-timber Forest Products and Iban Communities in Sarawak
- Introduction
- The Importance of Ntfps
- The Changing Importance of Ntfps in Borneo
- The Iban Study Communities
- Impact of Change
- Response to Change
- Future Prospects
- 14. Environmental Characteristics of Brunei's Temburong Rainforests and Implications for Conservation and Development
- Forestry in Brunei Darussalam
- Conservation Through Research?
- The Rainforest Environment
- Research, Education and Tourism
- Priorities: Conservation or Economic Development?
- Conclusion
- 15. Philippine Communitybased Forest Management
- Introduction
- National Overview
- Philippine Sustainable Development and Community-based Forest Management
- Mati, Claveria
- Core Community
- Regeneration and Indigenous Management Knowledge
- Multi-sectoral Interconnectivity
- Local Government Units
- Programme/project Integration
- Aggregation
- Conclusion
- 16. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.