The Forest Heritage of Thailand
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Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Forest animals |
ISBN | : 9789749424575 |
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Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Forest animals |
ISBN | : 9789749424575 |
Author | : Ann Danaiya Usher |
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Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
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Examines the trajectory of deforestation in Thailand, providing a detailed account of the historical ideas and styles of forestry that have influenced the practice of Thai state forestry. Argues that without resolution of the century-old conflict between foresters and forest communities, loss of forest is almost certain to continue.
Author | : Reiner Buergin |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Wildlife refuges |
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Author | : Tiyavanich Kamala |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1997-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780824817817 |
"I stayed [in the forest] for two nights. The first night, nothing happened. The second night, at about one or two in the morning, a tiger came--which meant that I didn't get any sleep the whole night. I sat in meditation, scared stiff, while the tiger walked around and around my umbrella tent (klot). My body felt all frozen and numb. I started chanting, and the words came out like running water. All the old chants I had forgotten now came back to me, thanks both to my fear and to my ability to keep my mind under control. I sat like this from 2 until 5 a.m., when the tiger finally left." --A forest monk During the first half of this century the forests of Thailand were home to wandering ascetic monks. They were Buddhists, but their brand of Buddhism did not copy the practices described in ancient doctrinal texts. Their Buddhism found expression in living day-to-day in the forest and in contending with the mental and physical challenges of hunger, pain, fear, and desire. Combining interviews and biographies with an exhaustive knowledge of archival materials and a wide reading of ephemeral popular literature, Kamala Tiyavanich documents the monastic lives of three generations of forest-dwelling ascetics and challenges the stereotype of state-centric Thai Buddhism. Although the tradition of wandering forest ascetics has disappeared, a victim of Thailand's relentless modernization and rampant deforestation, the lives of the monks presented here are a testament to the rich diversity of regional Buddhist traditions. The study of these monastic lineages and practices enriches our understanding of Buddhism in Thailand and elsewhere.
Author | : Sureeratna Lakanavicjian |
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Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2001 |
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ISBN | : 9788788976809 |
Author | : Tim Forsyth |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0295800259 |
In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. They argue that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion and control in the uplands. They have also been used to justify the alternative directions advocated by an array of NGOs. In official and alternative discourses of economic development, the peoples living in Thailand's hill country are typically cast as either guardians or destroyers of forest resources, often depending on their ethnicity. Political and historical factors have created a simplistic, misleading, and often scientifically inaccurate environmental narrative: Hmong farmers, for example, are thought to exhibit environmentally destructive practices, whereas the Karen are seen as linked to and protective of their ancestral home. Forsyth and Walker reveal a much more complex relationship of hill farmers to the land, to other ethnic groups, and to the state. They conclude that current explanations fail to address the real causes of environmental problems and unnecessarily restrict the livelihoods of local people. The authors' critical assessment of simplistic environmental narratives, as well as their suggestions for finding solutions, will be valuable in international policy discussions about environmental issues in rapidly developing countries. Moreover, their redefinition of northern Thailand's environmental problems, and their analysis of how political influences have reinforced inappropriate policies, demonstrate new ways of analyzing how environmental science and knowledge are important arenas for political control. This book makes valuable contributions to Thai studies and more generally to the fields of environmental science, ecology, geography, anthropology, and political science, as well as to policy making and resource management in the developing world.
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Reiner Buergin |
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Release | : 2016 |
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Author | : L. Bruce Kekule |
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Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9789749232774 |
Author | : Simon Gardner |
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Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Botany |
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