The depletion of forests in Thailand has generated concern because of its economic
implications on the future of timber supply, of the recognition that reforestation could not
keep up with deforestation, and of the emergence of strong social controversies over
alternative land uses.
This study is the researcher’s interpretation of forest loss in largely deforested
Northeast Thailand. The purpose of this study is to show how an environmental problem,
such as deforestation, can be better understood if the thinking of agents are given equal
voice. This study specifically inquired on how loggers, farmers, and foresters, utilized the
forest, and what their images of the forest are, in order to explain why the forests of
Northeast Thailand were depleted. This study reveals several definitions, meanings, and values that people have of
deforestation and in so doing shows why some global perspectives do not connect with
local consciousness. To show how deforestation can have many meanings and why global
and local consciousness often do not connect, the episode of deforestation was described
from three relative time scales. These are the geologic time of environmental history, the
human activity time frames of human projects, and environmental perception or the time
span of meanings and values attributed to perceived phenomena. These three levels of
inquiry provide the dynamics in terms of which the significance of an eclectic approach
might be assessed.
The depletion of forests in Thailand has generated concern because of its economicimplications on the future of timber supply, of the recognition that reforestation could notkeep up with deforestation, and of the emergence of strong social controversies overalternative land uses.This study is the researcher’s interpretation of forest loss in largely deforestedNortheast Thailand. The purpose of this study is to show how an environmental problem,such as deforestation, can be better understood if the thinking of agents are given equalvoice. This study specifically inquired on how loggers, farmers, and foresters, utilized theforest, and what their images of the forest are, in order to explain why the forests ofNortheast Thailand were depleted. This study reveals several definitions, meanings, and values that people have ofdeforestation and in so doing shows why some global perspectives do not connect withlocal consciousness. To show how deforestation can have many meanings and why globaland local consciousness often do not connect, the episode of deforestation was describedfrom three relative time scales. These are the geologic time of environmental history, thehuman activity time frames of human projects, and environmental perception or the timespan of meanings and values attributed to perceived phenomena. These three levels ofinquiry provide the dynamics in terms of which the significance of an eclectic approachmight be assessed.
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