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Ecology and Practical Technology: Peasant Farming Systems in Thailand . By Shigeharu Tanabe. Bangkok: White Lotus, 1994. Pp. xx, 300. Tables, Figures, Explanatory Notes, Plates, Maps, Notes, References, Index.

draw on tensions over resources, and that they manifest how national and international efforts have turned rural people into a problem to be solved by resettlement and urban employment. Lohmann proposes several frameworks for understanding the so-called environmental conflicts, delineating some of the complexities of a field that is often portrayed through moralistic dichotomies. One concerns the social frameworks of decision and action, another different approaches to the production and dissemination of knowledge, and a third personal and impersonal approaches to regulations and action. These axes suggest how villagers and outside developers come to different conclusions, and Lohmann proceeds to account for the political uses of an environmentalist rhetoric and the ways in which political dominance can be creatively subverted. In the final chapter, Philip Hirsch describes some of the international dimensions of Thailand's environmental issues, in particular the strong connection between increasing preservation efforts and the Thai exploitation of the natural resources of Burma, Laos, and Cambodia. He relates the main dimensions of these resource relations; logging, energy, fisheries, and minerals and gems, and the increasingly international politics of these resource relations. His account of connections across the region shows the complexity of Thailand's environmental problems in a new light, and complements the more "local" discussion in the previous chapters. The book is informative and engaging even when the issues have no apparent solution, and it is precisely because the chapters convey this complexity that the book deserves a broad readership.