Beyond the Sacred Forest: Complicating Conservation in Southeast Asia

by Amity A. Doolittle, Percy E. Sajise, Arturo Escobar, et al.

Reflecting new thinking about conservation in Southeast Asia, Beyond the Sacred Forest is the product of a unique, decade-long, interdisciplinary collaboration involving research in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Scholars from these countries and the United States rethink the translation of environmental concepts between East and West, particularly ideas of nature and culture; the meaning of conservation; and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822347962
• ISBN13: 9780822347965
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"