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Farming The Forest- Managing People And Trees In Reserved Forests In Northeast Thailand, James Hafner
Farming The Forest- Managing People And Trees In Reserved Forests In Northeast Thailand, James Hafner
James A Hafner
The accelerated rate of global forest depletion poses a series of complex
problems for development planners and resource managers in many developing
nations. Among the issues being confronted are the need for foresters to gain new
skills in managing human resources, design forest use systems which are both
productive and sustainable, and to insure that the benefits of these systems are
disrtibuted more equitably. In the last quarter of a century reserved forest lands in
Thailand have been seriously degraded through deforestation, overcutting, and the
illegal encroachment of poor and landless farmers. To counter these forces the
government proposed two …