Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia
Author:   Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells
Publisher:   NIAS Press
Volume:   9
ISBN:  

9788791114229


Pages:   526
Publication Date:   01 June 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia


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This ground-breaking, in-depth history of forestry and forest politics in Peninsular Malaysia will be an essential reference for anyone working on the subject. Malaysia has long been singled out for emulation by developing nations, an accolade contradicted in recent years by concerns over its capital- rather than poverty-driven forest depletion. The Malaysian case supports the call for re-appraisal of entrenched prescriptions for development that go beyond material needs. Nature and Nation 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. It engages the interplay of history, culture, science, economics and politics to provide an holistic interpretation of the continuing relevance of forests to state and society in the moist tropics.

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Author:   Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells
Publisher:   NIAS Press
Imprint:   NIAS Press
Volume:   9
ISBN:  

9788791114229


ISBN 10:   8791114225
Pages:   526
Publication Date:   01 June 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells is a Life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She formerly held the Chair of Asian History at the University of Malaya.

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