Political ecologies of wood and wax: Sandalwood and beeswax as symbols and shapers of customary authority in the Oecusse enclave, Timor

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-24

  Yoder, Laura S Meitzner ^a  

^a International Sustainable Development Studies Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Beeswax; Colonialism; Customary authority; Oecusse; Sandalwood; Timor Leste East Timor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COLONIALISM; FOREST; LAND USE; TRADE; WAX; WOOD;

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

SANTALUM;

EID: 80052087033     PISSN: 10730451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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