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State, communities and forests in contemporary Borneo

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The name ‘Borneo’ evokes visions of constantly changing landscapes, but with important island-wide continuities. One of the continuities has been the forests, which have for generations been created and modified by the indigenous population, but over the past three decades have been partially replaced by tree crops, grass or scrub. This book, the first in the series of Asia-Pacific Environmental Monographs, looks at the political complexities of forest management across the whole island of Borneo, tackling issues of tenure, land use change and resource competition, ‘tradition’ versus ‘modernity’, disputes within and between communities, between communities and private firms, or between communities and governments. While it focuses on the changes taking place in local political economies and conservation practices, it also makes visible the larger changes taking place in both Indonesia and Malaysia. The common theme of the volume is the need to situate local complexities in the larger institutional context, and the possible gains to be made from such an approach in the search for alternative models of conservation and development.

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634.92095983 STA s

Publisher

Acton : ANU Press (Australian National University)., 2006

Collation

xiv, 208p. : ill.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781920942526

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634.92095983

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Borneo
Forestry and community
Forest management
Forest policy
Forests and forestry
Land tenure
Land use

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Edited by Fadzilah Majid Cooke

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