Nature and nation : forest and development in peninsular Malaysia
A ground-breaking, in-depth history of forestry and forest politics in Peninsular Malaysia. This book explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet’s richest terrestrial ecosystem has collided with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world.
Print Book, English, 2005
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Singapore University ; NIAS, Singapore, Copenhagen, 2005
Man & nature in Asia, no. 9
History
xxxvii, 487 sider : illustrations
9788791114229, 9788791114496, 9789971693022, 8791114225, 8791114497, 997169302X
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1. Tropical Nature and the Imperial Design 2. Forests in the Pioneer Era: Boon or Bane? 3. Appropriating the Forest 4. Might Over Right 5. Nature, Ecology and Conservation 6. Perceptions of Nature and Nation 7. The Seminal Years of Forest Politics 8. Development at a Price 9. Reconciling Nature with Nation 10. Integrating Biodiversity with Development: Myth or Reality? 11. National resource, Global Heritage 12. Domestic Response to the New International Order: Rio and After