Policies, political-economy, and Swidden in southeast asia

• Main Authors: Jefferson Fox, Yayoi Fujita, Dimbab Ngidang, Nancy Peluso, Lesley Potter, Niken Sakuntaladewi, Janet Sturgeon, David Thomas
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Environmental Science; Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67651174310&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/59329
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

For centuries swidden was an important farming practice found across the girth of Southeast Asia. Today, however, these systems are changing and sometimes disappearing at a pace never before experienced. In order to explain the demise or transitioning of swidden we need to understand the rapid and m...