The fourth circle; a political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The fourth circle; a political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier.

McCarthy, John F.

Stanford U. Press

2006

353 pages

$27.95

Paperback

Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific

SD235

Comparatively examining different environmental outcomes at three sites in Indonesia's southern Aceh region, McCarthy (scientific researcher and anthropologist at the A...

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