A Particular Place? Laos and its Incorporation into the Development Mainstream

Rigg, Jonathan

doi:10.1068/a40260

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“…The attraction of NTFPs lies in the fact that they are often regarded as free goods (Ambrose-Oji 2003). Forests are repositories of village food and wealth and buffers during times of crisis (Rigg 2009), and as such NTFPs may be harvested for both subsistence and commercial purposes (Ambrose-Oji 2003; Ndangalasi et al 2007). In some areas (such as rural Laos) they may contribute as much as 46% to the household economy (NBSAP 2004).…”

Section: Non-timber Forest Products (Ntfps)mentioning

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Accessibility Factors and Conservation Forest Designation Affecting Rattan Cane Harvesting in Lambusango Forest, Buton, Indonesia

Widayati¹,

Jones

Carlisle

2010

Hum Ecol

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Rattan cane is an important non-timber forest product (NTFP) harvested from Indonesian tropical forests. However, the extraction of NTFPs such as rattan cane may conflict with forest conservation efforts. A better understanding of harvesting practices can help assess the extent of this conflict and guide forest management decisions. This study assesses the accessibility factors that influence rattan cane harvesting levels in Lambusango Forest, Buton Island, Indonesia, and whether the harvesting of rattan cane is affected by the designation of conservation areas. To this end, the analysis adopts participatory mapping, Geographic Information Systems and a questionnaire survey and employs multiple regressions and analysis of covariance. The results show that accessibility, particularly slope and distance, can play a role in the quantity of rattan canes harvested. The presence of conservation forest does not significantly affect rattan cane harvesting levels. This could be due to limited awareness of the harvesters going to the vicinity of the designated conservation areas and mixed sentiments towards conservation efforts due to the long tradition of forest dwelling and harvesting activities. The study concludes that the successful establishment and management of conservation areas require consideration of the specificity of the local context such as the abundance of forest resources, accessibility and historical forest-people interactions, in addition to biological factors.

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Section: Non-timber Forest Products (Ntfps)mentioning

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Accessibility Factors and Conservation Forest Designation Affecting Rattan Cane Harvesting in Lambusango Forest, Buton, Indonesia

Widayati¹,

Jones

Carlisle

2010

Hum Ecol

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“…The high nutritional value, the easy access, the lack of cares and the good organoleptic quality of WEFT species have led to their overexploitation even in natural forests which constitute the reservoir of WEFT species (Rigg et al, 2009). Within the same context, FAO (2010) reported that African forests' coverage decreases at an alarming rate due to human pressure.…”

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Ecological Diversity and Conservation of Wild Edible Fruit Tree Species in the Lama Forest Reserve in Benin

Agbahoungba¹,

Assogbadjo²,

Chadaré³

et al. 2017

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Une bonne connaissance des interac- tions entre les forêts et les communautés humaines voisines est indispensable à la gestion participative des ressources forestières. La présente étude s’est atta- ché à déterminer la diversité écologique des arbres sauvages à fruits comes- tibles (ASFC) dans la Réserve forestière de Lama, zone protégée dans le sud du Bénin, et à définir des stratégies de conservation adaptées. Un inventaire des ASFC a été réalisé sur 53 placettes systématiquement délimitées dans des forêts denses typiques, de forêt dense dégradée et de jachère dans la Réserve forestière de Lama, ainsi qu’une enquête ethnobotanique auprès de 136 partici- pants. Les habitats des ASFC ont été iden- tifiés à partir d’une Analyse des Corres- pondances Simples sur les données de densité. Une liste d’especes prioritaires a été générée par la méthode des rangs composés : Dialium guineense, Diospy- ros mespiliformis, Drypetes floribunda, Mimusops andogensis et Pterocarpus santalinoides en forêt dense typique ; Pancovia bijuga, Psidium guajava et Lecaniodiscus cupanioides en forêt dense dégradée ; Ficus capensis et Spon- dias mombin dans les jachères. Contrai- rement aux autres essences, la densité moyenne de D. guineense, D. mespili- formis, D. floribunda, L. cupanioides et M. andongensis varie de manière signifi- cative (P < 0,01) selon les types de végé- tation. Les ASFC recensés sont principa- lement utilisés dans l’alimentation et la pharmacopée. Les essences à conserver en priorité sont P. guajava, S. mombin, F. capensis, P. santalinoides et P. bijuga. Des efforts de protection renforcés sont nécessaires en forêt dense dégradée et dans les zones de jachère pour assurer la conservation de ces essences. D’autre part, il convient d’intégrer les ASFC prio- ritaires dans des programmes de planta- tion afin de réduire la pression des com- munautés humaines voisines.

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“…Lao farmers, particularly in the uplands, have always been to some extent ‘on the move’, whether to evade conflict or state intrusion, maintain access to resources, engage in exchange or as a result of policies towards managing rural areas (World Bank ; Walker ; Scott ; Évrard and Baird ), and present‐day mobility is arguably an extension of these movements. However, it is inescapable that today's rural Lao population is on the move in different ways, in larger numbers and for different reasons—especially relating to rural development policies and the impacts of market integration—than in past times (Évrard and Goudineau ; Rigg , ; Rungmanee ; Bouté ). So, while we can say that Lao peasants have never been ‘immobile’, we should not regard the present as simply a smooth transition from the past.…”

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Lao peasants on the move: Pathways of agrarian change in Laos

Cole

Rigg

2019

Australian J of Anthropology

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Grant Evans’ body of work on Laos consistently sought to understand how peasant society responded to political, social and economic change. As the Lao peasantry became ever more integrated both nationally and within the wider Southeast Asian region, and relations of market exchange came to dominate rural life, Evans maintained the need to reflect on Laos’ peasant roots to understand resulting pathways of agrarian change. This paper reconnects with this discussion in the contemporary Lao context, focusing on three dimensions of mobility: the widening spatial and sectoral ‘footprints’ of rural livelihoods; physical movement within and beyond rural settings in Laos; and reflections on issues of differentiation. We first track the political and policy changes that have most strongly influenced rural life since Evans’ early research on collectivisation, before exploring ways in which spatial integration, subsistence‐to‐commercial transition and migration have situated the remnants of Lao peasant society in a world of flows.

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A Particular Place? Laos and its Incorporation into the Development Mainstream

Cited by 38 publications

References 28 publications

Accessibility Factors and Conservation Forest Designation Affecting Rattan Cane Harvesting in Lambusango Forest, Buton, Indonesia

Accessibility Factors and Conservation Forest Designation Affecting Rattan Cane Harvesting in Lambusango Forest, Buton, Indonesia

Ecological Diversity and Conservation of Wild Edible Fruit Tree Species in the Lama Forest Reserve in Benin

Lao peasants on the move: Pathways of agrarian change in Laos

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