 | In Place of the Forest: Environmental and Socio-economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula (UNU, 1990, 310 pages) |
 |  | Note from the editors |
| | Abbreviations and glossary |
|  | Introduction and acknowledgements |
| | A thematic book that is also a regional book |
| | The plan of the book |
| | Explanation and acknowledgements |
| | Part 1 : Background and the course of events |
| | Borneo and the Peninsula, and their environment |
| | Place and people |
| | The biophysical environment |
| | Climatic variability |
| | Transformation of the land before the recent period |
| | A not remote past |
| | The impact of early mining |
| | The first major phase of transformation |
| | Environmental consequences of the first development wave |
| | Conclusion |
| | Change since World War II |
| | The background of modern economic transformation |
| | New Order and New Economic Policy |
| | Energy exports and production |
| | Minerals, industry, and the cities |
| | Agriculture and land settlement |
| | Deforestation and timber extraction |
| | Part 2 : Issues of endangerment and criticality |
| | Forest clearance and loss of biodiversity |
| | The issues |
| | Consequences for the forest and its environment |
| | The case of the Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan |
| | Deforestation and crop gene-pools |
| | Conclusion: Conservation areas |
| | Forest clearance and life-support capacity |
| | Introduction |
| | Forest clearance and erosion |
| | Life support and deforestation |
| | Sustainability of timber extraction and the timber-using industry |
| | Conflict of interest and the prospect for change |
| | Conclusions |
| | The forest people: Endangerment or criticality? |
| | The issues |
| | Deconstructing shifting cultivation |
| | Different ways of farming the forests |
| | Forest dwellers under forces of change |
| | Land and forest at risk? |
| | The future |
| | Criticality, or crisis of adaptation? |
| | Deforestation and global climate |
| | The issue as presented: Criticality of global concern |
| | Research on carbon dioxide emissions from tropical deforestation |
| | Longer-term considerations |
| | The place of the Borneo and Peninsular forests in the management of greenhouse gas emissions |
| | Drought and fire: Hazards leading toward endangerment |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Droughts, fires, and El Niño |
| | Greater detail on El Niño-induced droughts in Borneo |
| | Conclusions |
| | Studies in the grasslands of Borneo |
| | Introduction |
| | Imperata - A problem or a solution? |
| | The occurrence of Imperata cylindrica in Borneo |
| | The Riam Kiwa and the Ela Hulu: Contrasts and similarities in study sites |
| | Conclusion |
| | Urban development and social welfare |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Levels of urbanization |
| | The major urban centres of Borneo |
| | Poverty and social welfare |
| | Conclusion |
| | Review and conclusions |
| | Introduction |
| | Environmental changes and impacts |
| | The human driving forces |
| | Vulnerability |
| | Societal response |
| | Trajectories and regional dynamics change |
| | Appendix : A discussion of environmental and PROCEZ criticality |
| | Forms of criticality |
| | Environmental criticality |
| | Implications of PROCEZ criticality |
| | Endangerment, criticality, and this case-study |
| | Bibliography |
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