As hunter-gatherer research expanded and diversified in the wake of the 198os Kalahari Debate, the foragers of South-East Asia have become increasingly important examples of modern hunter-gatherers who provide a sustained critique to Eurocentric notions of pure hunter-gatherers. They also serve to highlight the historical contingency of many foraging adaptations, as well as the importance of culture-contact and the widespread management of wild resources. Increasingly, these groups are seen as forager-bricoleurs, possessing the ability to create sustainable composite economies that they can adjust quickly with great flexibly and skill, a capacity that is important in regions increasingly characterized by resource-depleted environments. Often, these highly flexible strategies are not commer- cially motivated trade is for subsistence, but not necessarily to maximize profit. Much more research is needed to understand better these relations between local cultures and diverse outsiders, and development and conservation work is also needed to ensure they retain access to protected areas of traditional resources. Broadly similar patterns to these