Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are many people to thank in a project that has covered as much ground as this book. Research and writing in Thailand, Canberra, and London has benefited from many forms of assistance. Particular thanks are extended to Nicholas Farrelly for enthusiastic and relentless assistance in tracking down elusive material and providing penetrating commentary on it; Pascal Perez and Alan Ziegler for providing invaluable advice and guidance on biophysical and agronomic matters; Michelle Scoccimarro for playing a key part in the research in Mae Chaem that is referred to regularly in this book; Rungnapa Kasemrat and Supranee Davis for invaluable assistance in recent phases of fieldwork in Thailand; Nicolas Becu for providing useful historical data on Buak Jan; Kay Dancey and Hannah Gason for preparing the maps and diagrams; and Runako Samata for providing the photos for figures 3.2, 7.1, and 8.1. Others who have assisted with this project over the years include Don Alford, Sawasdee Boonchee, Eloise Brown, Ian Calder, Claude Dietrich, Jane Hanks, Jack Ives, Penporn Janekarnkij, Samantha Jones, Nootsuporn Krisdatarn , Peter Kundstadter, Ben Maathuis, Nina Pangahas, Chakrit Potchanasin, Varaporn Punyawadee, Sairung Saopan, Karn Trisophan, Francis Turkelboom, and John Walker. The World Agroforestry Centre (icraf) in Chiang Mai assisted with the preparation and provision of the gis data referred to in chapter 5. Staff at the Regional Community Forestry Training Center and the Bangkok Post library also provided valuable information. Important thanks must also be extended to the government agencies in Thailand that have facilitated various aspects of our research: the ix National Research Council, the Royal Project Foundation, and the Land Development Department. And particular thanks to the many farmers in the region who have endured our questions while being generous hosts and great companions. Three readers from the University of Washington Press provided encouraging and critical feedback on the initial manuscript. Particular thanks to Peter Vandergeest (who chose not to be anonymous) for pressing us to clarify important aspects of our argument. At various stages financial support has been provided by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom. Very special thanks to Diane Podlich, Mali Walker, and Joshua Walker for their great patience. This book draws on some previously published material. Parts of chapter 2 are based on a 2004 article in Asia Pacific Viewpoint 45 (3). The section in chapter 3 on the Karen draws heavily on a 2001 paper in Asian Ethnicity 2 (2). Chapter 5 is a revised version of a 2003 paper in Development and Change 34 (5). And parts of chapter 6 draw upon a paper in Geoforum 27 (3). x Acknowledgments Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers ...