Nation building and resource management: The politics of 'nature' in Timor Leste

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1321-1332

  Palmer, Lisa ^a   de Carvalho, Demetrio do Amaral ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Universidade da Paz   (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

Custom; Marginality; Nation building; Nature; Politics; Resource management; Timor Leste; Tradition

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; LAND TENURE; NATIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATE BUILDING;

ASIA; EURASIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 42949152489     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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