The politics of conservation and the complexity of local controls of forests in the Northern Thai Highlands

Auteur :
GANJANAPAN, A.

Description :
An analysis of recent state conservation policy and the complexities of local control of forest land in northern Thailand. Author holds that government agencies resist allowing ethnic minorities to have a role in conservation. The government maintains that shifting cultivation has only a negative impact on the environment, disregarding the variety of local practices. The state has striven to extend its control over forests, and the implementation of the state's conservation policy has had many negative effects, which author details. - (SLD)


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property Resources, 6, Berkeley, Etats-Unis, 1966-06-01, Mountain research and development, issn : 0276-4741, 1998, vol. 18, n°. 1, p. 71-82, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 22 ref.

Date :
1998

Editeur :
Pays édition : Japon, Tokyo, United Nations University