Deforestation in northern Thailand: The result of Hmong farming practices or Thai development strategies?

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-501

  Delang, Claudio O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Environmental degradation; Ethnic minorities; Hill tribes; Hmong; Pinus merkusii; Royal Forest Department; Slash and burn; Swidden; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION;

THAILAND;

PINUS MERKUSII;

EID: 0036066337     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920290069137     Document Type: Article

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