"Thought-provoking insight on overcoming the constraints of climate change and policies that need to be introduced or changed to combat the climate change on the forests of the world. Environmental scientists probe the dilemmas that confront us and will continue to confront us i…
"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 cr…
"This book from leading experts provides an in-depth account of how trends towards increased local governance are shifting control over natural resource management from the state to local societies, and the implications of this control for social justice and the environment. Thi…
Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial ecosystem met head-on with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world. It engages the interplay of history, cultur…
"The Wilderness Society."
"Cork oak has historically been an important species in the western Mediterranean-ecologically as a canopy or "framework" tree in natural woodlands, and culturally as an economically valuable resource that underpins local economies. Both the natural woodlands and the derived cul…
"Between Two Fires relates the play-by-play of the fire revolution and its aftermath"--Provided by publisher.