Poverty and Agrarian-Forest Interactions in Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert J Fisher (0000-0001-6866-6341, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Robert Fisher (0000-0001-6965-9805), Philip Hirsch (0000-0003-3887-6203, The University of Sydney) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74-84 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00493.x |
| OpenAlex | W2046176266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 20 |
In this paper we address the often sterile and circular debates over relationships between poverty and deforestation. These debates revolve around questions of whether forest loss causes poverty or poverty contributes to forest encroachment, and questions of whether it is loss of access to forests or dependence on forest-based livelihoods that cause poverty. We suggest that a way beyond the impasse is to set such debates within the context of agrarian change. Livelihoods of those who live in or near forests depend considerably on a rapidly changing agriculture, yet agrarian contexts receive only background attention in popular, political and academic discourse over poverty and forests. Moreover, to the extent that agriculture is considered, little heed is paid to social, technical and economic change. We therefore address agriculture's changing relationships with the wider economy, otherwise referred to as the agrarian transition, and with the natural resource base on which it depends. The paper draws on the experience of Thailand to illustrate our key argument, and more specifically addresses the situation on the resource periphery through a look at the agriculture-forest interface
Agrarian society · Agrarian structure · Agrarian system · Agriculture · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Livelihood · Natural resource · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Who are forest-dependent people? A taxo nomy to aid livelihood and land use decision-making in forested regions
Rural-Urban Hierarchies, Status Boundaries, and Labour Mobilities in Thailand
A Revisionist View of Tropical Deforestation and Development
Grand Theory and Context-Specificity in the Study of Forest Dynamics
Deforestation and Development in Thailand
Liberation Ecologies
Development as Freedom
Defining Degradation
Recent Land Use and Livelihood Transitions in Northern Laos
The Politics of Conservation and the Complexity of Local Control of Forests in the Northern Thai Highlands
Seeing farmers for the trees
Poverty and livelihoods after full-time farming
Forest transitions
Deforestation in Northern Thailand
Rural–urban interactions, agriculture and wealth
What Futures for the People of the Tropical Forests
Shifting frames for local people and forests in a global heritage
Slash and Burn Agriculture
Engaging Simplifications
People in Between
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |