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Article: The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia Applied Anthropology and Environmental Reclamation in the Northern Philippines.(Book review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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The changing village environment in Southeast Asia: Applied anthropology and environment reclamation in the Northern Philippines By BEN J. WALLACE London: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 130, Plates, Figures, Tables, Maps, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463406310995
This book should never have been published. Not because the author has nothing to say but because the substance of the argument would more appropriately have been expressed in article-length form. This is a pity because at the core of Ben Wallace's research is some very valuable data on the impact of village level activities (agriculture, industry, construction and firewood) on progressive forest loss. All this, ...