Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand South India and the court of King

and the court of King Prasat Thong

National Central University

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Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand South India and the court of KingBy Tim Forsyth & Andrew Walker In this far reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. They argue that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion and control in the upland and to justify the