Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern Cambodia
In Ratanakiri, a remote northeastern province of Cambodia, rapid involvement in recent regional Southeast Asian economic developments results in changes in economic and social structures, and broad development processes and local livelihoods have become intertwined. Population growth, lowland Khmer...
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| description | In Ratanakiri, a remote northeastern province of Cambodia, rapid involvement in recent regional Southeast Asian economic developments results in changes in economic and social structures, and broad development processes and local livelihoods have become intertwined. Population growth, lowland Khmer immigration, commercial plantations, and logging increase pressure on land, with changes in land use showing in the landscape. Increasing numbers of highlanders practicing swidden farming and collecting non-timber forest products will soon have to altogether abandon traditional patterns and seek alternative sources of livelihood. This strongly argues for better land distribution and land-use planning, including recognition of indigenous peoples’ traditional land-use patterns and rights, lest they be forcibly displaced or marginalized within their own territories. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-322dd98889954a139a8f44cc470a0b6e2022-12-21T19:34:21ZengUniversité de ProvenceMoussons1620-32242262-83632004-09-017719410.4000/moussons.2482Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern CambodiaOlli RuohomäkiIn Ratanakiri, a remote northeastern province of Cambodia, rapid involvement in recent regional Southeast Asian economic developments results in changes in economic and social structures, and broad development processes and local livelihoods have become intertwined. Population growth, lowland Khmer immigration, commercial plantations, and logging increase pressure on land, with changes in land use showing in the landscape. Increasing numbers of highlanders practicing swidden farming and collecting non-timber forest products will soon have to altogether abandon traditional patterns and seek alternative sources of livelihood. This strongly argues for better land distribution and land-use planning, including recognition of indigenous peoples’ traditional land-use patterns and rights, lest they be forcibly displaced or marginalized within their own territories.http://journals.openedition.org/moussons/2482CambodiaRatanakiriindigenous minoritiesdevelopmentland rightsland use |
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| title | Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern Cambodia |
| title_full | Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern Cambodia |
| title_fullStr | Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern Cambodia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern Cambodia |
| title_short | Encounters in Borderlands: Social and Economic Transformations in Ratanakiri, Northeastern Cambodia |
| title_sort | encounters in borderlands social and economic transformations in ratanakiri northeastern cambodia |
| topic | Cambodia Ratanakiri indigenous minorities development land rights land use |
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