Reflections on Development in Southeast Asia

Reflections on Development in Southeast Asia
Author: Teck Ghee Lim
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages: 213
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 9971988992

The rapid pace of economic development in Southeast Asia has involved a changing and often volatile relationship between traditional structures and values, and new structures associated with state and administrative power. In this volume, a variety of original perspectives is offered on crucial subjects, including region, the bureaucracy, the state and non-governmental organizations.

Management Of Pests And Pesticides

Management Of Pests And Pesticides
Author: Joyce Tait
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2019-03-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429712022

The contributors discuss pesticide production, distribution, and use; the problems caused by pests and pesticides; and the role of integrated pest management in minimizing these problems. describes research at the international and regional level, and addresses individual farmers' pesticide usage, their perceptions of pests and pesticides, and the relationship of the farmers' practices and attitudes to the development of integrated pest-management systems. The book concludes with a summary of research achievements and a discussion of future prospects.

Environmental Science

Environmental Science
Author: Robert Barrass
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1986
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

The Sunderland Conference on the Nature and Teaching of Environmental Science/Studies in Higher Education provided an opportunity to review progress in the field and assess its state in the mid 1980s. This volume contains an edited selection of the 49 papers presented at the conference. Section A, "Nature and Philosophy," contains discussions of the educational and philosophical criteria used to shape modern environmental education. Section B, "Implementation and Practice," contains descriptions of how environmental education programs achieve their goals. The final section, "Vocational Training and Education for Life," contains papers which suggest the importance of environmental education in citizenship and career education. (CW)

Nature and Nation

Nature and Nation
Author: Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2005-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780824828639

Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial eco-system met head-on with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world. It engages the interplay of history, culture, science, economics and politics to provide a holistic interpretation of the continuing relevance of forests to state and society in the moist tropics. Malaysia has long been singled out for emulation by developing nations, an accolade contradicted in recent years by concerns over its capital-, rather than poverty-driven forest depletion. The Malaysian case supports the call for re-appraisal of entrenched prescriptions for development that go beyond material needs. -- Book cover.

Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Author: Diyana Sulaiman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2024-05-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1040022324

The book examines whether the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by Indonesia and Malaysia upheld the interests of the various communities from which the cultural heritage originates, and whether the laws recognise that cultural heritage is often shared with other states and communities. The legal classifications of various indigenous communities and the interpretations of ‘indigeneity’ in the two countries have presented problems in the context of ICH protection. The state is regarded as holding the intellectual property rights for some forms of ICH and this also posed problems in the implementation of the laws to protect the communities’ ICH. This book employs a community-based perspective and adopts a multidisciplinary approach in exploring questions of the rights to and benefits of heritage. This book will be useful for students, academics and policy makers with an interest in international law, heritage and intellectual property rights.