Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Policy Options for Stabilising the Forest Frontier: A Global Perspective....Pages 3-25
Forest Margin Protection and Community Involvement....Pages 27-37
Historical Impacts on Use and Management of Natural Resources in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi....Pages 39-65
Robo and the Water Buffalo: The Lost Souls of the Pekurehua of the Napu Valley....Pages 67-88
 Orang Kampung and Pendatang : Analysis of Demographic Structure and Migration in Two Forest-Margin Villages, Central Sulawesi....Pages 89-104
“ Revolusi cokelat ”: Social Formation, Agrarian Structure, and Forest Margins in Upland Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 105-118
Traditional Land Tenure among the Black Thai and its Implication on the Land Allocation in Yen Chau District, Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam....Pages 119-134
Local Ethnic Minority Networks for Sustainable Resource Management: The Pang Ma Pha Hilltribe Network Organization in Northern Thailand....Pages 135-157
Creating Political Capital to Promote Devolution in the Forestry Sector — A Case Study of the Forest Communities in Banyumas District, Central Java, Indonesia....Pages 159-177
Does Technical Progress in Agriculture have a Forest Saving or a Forest Clearing Effect? Theory and Evidence from Central Sulawesi....Pages 179-197
Encroachments on Primary Forests: Are They Really Driven by Despair?....Pages 199-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Rain Forest Margins and their Dynamics in South-East Ethiopia....Pages 217-238
Forest Resource Use by People in Protected Areas and its Implications for Biodiversity Conservation: The Case of Bandhavgarh National Park in India....Pages 239-251
Land-Use Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in West Kalimantan....Pages 253-267
Tree Composition in Secondary Forest of Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 269-279
Effects of Land Use on Butterfly Communities at the Rain Forest Margin: A Case Study from Central Sulawesi....Pages 281-297
Losing Ground but Still Doing Well — Tarsius dianae in Human-Altered Rainforests of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 299-311
Home Range, Diet and Behaviour of the Tonkean Macaque ( Macaca tonkeana ) in Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi....Pages 313-325
Predicting Losses of Bird Species from Deforestation in Central Sulawesi....Pages 327-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
The Effects of Rainforest Conversion on Water Balance, Water Yield and Seasonal Flows in a Small Tropical Catchment in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 353-365
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Water Tenure in Highland Watersheds of Northern Thailand: Tragedy of the Commons or Successful Management of Complexity?....Pages 367-390
Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants Grown in Association or in Rotation....Pages 391-407
Adaptability Analysis and Risk Assessment of N Fertilizer Application to Maize in the Napu Valley of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia....Pages 409-426
Characterisation of Biodiversity in Improved Rubber Agroforests in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia: Real and Potential Uses for Spontaneous Plants....Pages 427-444
Traditional Forest Gardens in Central Sulawesi: A Sustainable Land Use System?....Pages 445-459
Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Forest Plantations and Secondary Rainforests: The Functional Role of Biodiversity....Pages 461-474
The Use of Models to Assess the Impact of Land Use Change on Ecological Processes: Case-Studies of Deforestation in South-East Asia....Pages 475-494
Agricultural Intensification, Population Growth and Forest Cover Change: Evidence from Spatially Explicit Land Use Modeling in the Central Highlands of Vietnam....Pages 495-519
Front Matter....Pages 521-521
Between Difference and Synergy: Cultural Issues in an International Research Scheme....Pages 523-533
Back Matter....Pages 535-535