Rhett Butler – the founder of what is probably the world’s most widely visited rainforest website, mongabay.com – has written a thought-provoking piece on “avoided deforestation” strategies for poor countries. He argues that what is “at stake [is] potentially billions of dollars for developing countries and the future of the world’s climate”.
Unconvinced?
Well, read on. According [...]
Carbon trading up Burmese GDP?
November 7th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · 9 Comments
Tags: Burma · Trans-Border Issues
Handley responds to Evans
November 7th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 8 Comments
In relation to previous posts on The King Never Smiles, here is Paul Handley’s response to the review by anthropologist Grant Evans in the Far Eastern Economic Review (thanks to Polo for the link):
Nuanced Views of the King
One would hardly know from Grant Evans’ September review of my book, The King Never Smiles: A Biography [...]
Tags: Coup · Publications · Thailand
Handley on the Thai coup and succession
November 7th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · 4 Comments
Paul Handley, the author of this year’s most important book on Thailand, The King Never Smiles, has a short article in Asia Sentinel. In today’s contribution, Handley asks, “Who gets the kingdom’s sceptre when Bhumibol leaves the stage?” While not fully answering his own question, Handley does argue that:
The coup was about Thaksin’s [...]
Tags: Thailand