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Colonial Margins and Global Hotspots: The Past and Present of Forest Management in Thailand

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dc.contributor.author Roth, Robin en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:34:27Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:34:27Z
dc.date.issued 2003 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2003-09-15 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2003-09-15 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1116
dc.description.abstract "Forest resource management in Thailand bears the mark of its historical position on the margins of colonial power and its present position in a biodiversity hotspot. During the colonial era, British forestry in Burma and India had a fundamental influence on the knowledge and techniques used in Thai forest management. More recently, international conservation agendas and organizations have influenced the ways in which the Thai government regulates the forest within its boundaries. The treatment of forests as a national and international resource, defined in interaction with colonial neighbors and global partners, has resulted in legal constructs, spatially simplistic conservation mechanisms and a conception of nature ill-suited to managing forests as a local resource. This paper uses a case study from a region where the government is establishing a national park to investigate the manifestation of Thailand's historical legacy in local park-people conflicts. It finds that the continued use of laws, tools and concepts derived in relation to colonial and global influences undermines the forestry department's ability to address the contemporary challenge of managing forests as a local, as well as a national/global commons." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject forest management--case study en_US
dc.subject parks en_US
dc.subject forest policy en_US
dc.subject conflict en_US
dc.subject conservation en_US
dc.subject history en_US
dc.subject protected areas en_US
dc.title Colonial Margins and Global Hotspots: The Past and Present of Forest Management in Thailand en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.coverage.region East Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Thailand en_US
dc.subject.sector Forestry en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Politics of the Commons: Articulating Development and Strengthening Local Practices en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates July 11-14, 2003 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Chiang Mai, Thailand en_US
dc.submitter.email lwisen@indiana.edu en_US


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