Environmentalismin Thailandi s not equivalentt o the Western distinction
betweend evelopmenat ndp ristinen aturaal reast hatm ustb e preserved.I n Thailand
naturei s inextricablyli nkedw ith economics.T he criticali ssue is accesst o landa nd
resourcesa nd the need to maintains ustainablel ivelihoods. The debatesr evolve
aroundw hose conceptso f sustainableli velihooda re to be upheld.