A01=Nancy Lee Peluso
agricultural lands
agriculture
asian history
Author_Nancy Lee Peluso
case study
Category=JHM
Category=RNF
colonial java
colonialism
cultural studies
deforestation
economic situation
environmentalism
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eq_society-politics
ethnography
field research
forest
forest destruction
forest policy
forest resources
forest violence
foresters
government and governing
java
javanese peasants
local forest management
natural resources
political consequences
politics
resistance
social forestry
social structures
southeast asian history
state controlled forest lands
state power
Product details
- ISBN 9780520089310
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 1994
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Millions of Javanese peasants live alongside state-controlled forest lands in one of the world's most densely populated agricultural regions. Because their legal access and customary rights to the forest have been severely limited, these peasants have been pushed toward illegal use of forest resources. Rich Forests, Poor People untangles the complex of peasant and state politics that has developed in Java over three centuries. Drawing on historical materials and intensive field research, including two contemporary case studies, Peluso presents the story of the forest and its people. Without major changes in forest policy, Peluso contends, the situation is portentous. Economic, social, and political costs to the government will increase. Development efforts will by stymied and forest destruction will continue. Mindful that a dramatic shift is unlikely, Peluso suggests how tension between foresters and villagers can be alleviated while giving peasants a greater stake in local forest management.
Nancy Lee Peluso is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.
