商品描述
This book explores the interconnections between biodiversity, cultural knowledge, and resource management in Lanna in Northern Thailand, and Northeast India. By examining traditional practices, economic activities, and gender roles, the book contributes to the repertoire of local knowledge concerning resource management which may lead to policies that balance conservation with sustainable development. Today, urban and rural communities worldwide, especially in tropical regions, face crises in economic, agricultural, environmental, and cultural dimensions. The breakdown of human-nature relationships has become an urgent issue that people globally are beginning to recognize. Crucial research questions in biodiversity studies are: how can we extract lessons from various field studies to restore local communities' capacity to manage biodiversity? How can we empower communities to regain control over production, utilization, and genetic resource development, including knowledge about food, medicine, and other natural resources? Relevant to scholars in anthropology, environmental social sciences, ethnic and cultural studies, this is a timely volume in sustainable development studies in Asia.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書探討泰國北部的蘭納地區及印度東北部的生物多樣性、文化知識與資源管理之間的相互關聯。透過檢視傳統實踐、經濟活動和性別角色，本書為當地資源管理的知識庫做出貢獻，這可能促成平衡保育與可持續發展的政策。如今，全球的城市和農村社區，特別是在熱帶地區，面臨經濟、農業、環境和文化等多方面的危機。人類與自然之間關係的破裂已成為全球人們開始認識的緊迫議題。在生物多樣性研究中，關鍵的研究問題包括：我們如何從各種實地研究中提取教訓，以恢復當地社區管理生物多樣性的能力？我們如何賦予社區重新掌控生產、利用和基因資源開發的權力，包括有關食物、醫藥和其他自然資源的知識？本書對人類學、環境社會科學、民族與文化研究的學者具有相關性，是亞洲可持續發展研究中的一部及時著作。
作者簡介
Yos Santasombat is Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, and Senior Research Scholar, Thailand Research Fund. His English language publication includes Lak Chang: A Reconstruction of Tai Identity in Daikong (Canberra: Pandanus Books, ANU, 2001); Biodiversity, Local Knowledge and Sustainable Development (Chiang Mai: RCSD, 2003, 2014); Flexible Peasants: Reconceptualizing the Third World's Rural Types (Chiang Mai: RCSD, 2008); The River of Life: Changing Ecosystems of the Mekong Region (Chiang Mai: Mekong Press, 2011); as well as the edited volumes Impact of China's Rise in the Mekong Region (Palgrave Macmillan 2015); and Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Cultures and Practices (Palgrave Macmillan 2017), and the Sociology of Chinese Capitalism: Challenges and Prospects (Palgrave Macmillan 2019), Transnational Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore (Springer 2022), ); Impact of China's BRI on Southeast Asia (Springer 2025); and China's BRI in Southeast Asia: Concepts and Methodologies (Kyoto University Press 2025).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Yos Santasombat 是清邁大學社會科學院社會學與人類學系的人類學教授，以及泰國研究基金的高級研究學者。他的英文出版物包括《Lak Chang: A Reconstruction of Tai Identity in Daikong》（坎培拉：Pandanus Books, ANU, 2001）；《Biodiversity, Local Knowledge and Sustainable Development》（清邁：RCSD, 2003, 2014）；《Flexible Peasants: Reconceptualizing the Third World's Rural Types》（清邁：RCSD, 2008）；《The River of Life: Changing Ecosystems of the Mekong Region》（清邁：Mekong Press, 2011）；以及編輯的書籍《Impact of China's Rise in the Mekong Region》（Palgrave Macmillan 2015）；《Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Cultures and Practices》（Palgrave Macmillan 2017）；《The Sociology of Chinese Capitalism: Challenges and Prospects》（Palgrave Macmillan 2019）；《Transnational Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore》（Springer 2022）；《Impact of China's BRI on Southeast Asia》（Springer 2025）；以及《China's BRI in Southeast Asia: Concepts and Methodologies》（京都大學出版社 2025）。
