Development Interventions, State Administration and Local Responses of Ethnic Minorities in Upland Northern Thailand: Role and Dynamics of Local, Rural Organizations and Networks

238th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt and Mrs. Patcharin Nawichai Contact Information for the presenters:Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt (bechstedt@gmx.net) Mrs. Patcharin Nawichai (nawichai@yahoo.com) Research Group Social Networks and Development, Hohenheim Office, Faculty of Agriculture Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200Thailand Phone: +66-53-944647, Fax: +66-53-274030 Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt’s background More than 20 years … Read more

Medicine and Public Health in Chiang Mai during World War Two

215th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Ted Brown Thailand in World War II Dr. Brown based his talk on the following chronological timeline of events: December 1938 June 1939 September 3, 1939 June 12, 1940 November 28, 1940 January 1941 May 1941 December 7, 1941 December 8, 1941 December 9, 1941 December 12, 1941 December 21, … Read more

Restoring Northern Thailand’s Degraded Forest Land

212th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr Steve Elliott of the Forest Restoration Research Unit,Chiang Mai University, Thailand The minutes of this meeting are based on a case study prepared by Dr. David Blakesley of Horticulture Research International and Dr. Steve Elliott. Ecosystem Type This project is located in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, … Read more

Eco-Tourism and Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand

204th INTG Meeting – A talk by John Davies A Summary of John’s Talk Tourism amongst the hill tribes of northern Thailand is a relatively recent phenomenon. The more accessible villages were reached over thirty years ago, but there are still villages in the remotest areas which have rarely seen a westerner. The organization and advertising of … Read more

Does Participatory Land-Use Planning have a Chance with Hilltribes?

183rd INTG Meeting – A Presentation of the PhD field research in Mae Hong Son by Oliver Puginier Contact: oliver.puginier@t-online.de Abstract In the last decades, in the highlands of northern Thailand, natural resource conflicts and inconsistent policies have increasingly affected sustainable development. One of the major conflicts is exemplified by the promotion of forest protection vis-à-vis the … Read more

Community Forestry in Northern Thailand

173rd INTG Meeting – A talk by Karan Aquino Your Convenor writes: There was no summary written for this talk at the time, however, this case study which was co-written by Karan and appeared in the publication ‘Communities and Forest Management in Southeast Asia’ covers everything that Karan talked about during the course of the … Read more