The Fourth Circle. A Political Ecology of Sumatra's Rainforest Frontier

From: Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

JOHN F. MCCARTHY, The Fourth Circle. A Political Ecology of Sumatra's Rainforest Frontier. (Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific). Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. 392 pp., 9 tables, 25 illustrations, 8 maps, US$ 70.00 (hb), US$ 27.95 (pb). ISBN 0-8047-5211-7 (hb), 0-8047-5212-5 (pb)

This book is a highly commendable study of the dynamics involved in forest destruction, conversion and conservation in South Aceh, an area known by the famous Gunung Leuser National Park. John McCarthy looks at institutional arrangements governing forests, drawing on legal anthropology to uncover ...

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