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Prices listed below are inclusive of postage and handling. TERRA accepts payment by credit card, cheques in Thai baht payable to TERRA and electronic bank transfers. For more information on payments to TERRA please click here Subsidised copies are available for NGOs and community groups in the Mekong Region, on contacting TERRA at fer@terraper.org
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Watershed: People’s Forum on Ecology
Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA)
Watershed: People’s Forum on Ecology is a magazine covering the issues of ecology, means of livelihood and development issues in the Mekong Region. Published three times a year by TERRA since July 1995, Watershed aims to encourage the debate on environmental, social and political issues relating to development in the region. Back issues of Watershed are available for download. |
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Oil Palm. From Cosmetics to Biodiesel Colonization Lives On
World Rainforest Movement, August 2005
Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the impacts of the oil palm plantations in the forests. Available for free download.
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After the Logging Ban: Politics of Forest Management in Thailand (US$10)
Edited by Noel Rajesh
Foundation for Ecological Recovery, 2005
Focusing on the state of forests and forest policies in Thailand, this book shows why the nationwide ban on logging declared in 1989 has not been effective in halting forest degradation. Looking critically at the logging industry, the ideology of the Royal Forestry Department and the Thai state, as well as community-based alternatives such as the Community Forestry Act, this book gives much insight into the state of Thai forests and looks to alternatives to reverse the trends of forest destruction. |
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Certifying the Uncertifiable: FSC Certification of Tree Plantations in Thailand and Brazil (US$8)
World Rainforest Movement, August 2003
This book aims at contributing to the debate over the certification of large-scale tree monocultures. The book provides detailed information gathered from two case studies and describes the experiences of local communities with industrial plantations and with the consequences of FSC certification. Also available for free download on WRM website |
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Dams: struggles against the modern dinosaurs (US$6)
World Rainforest Movement, April 2003
This book gathers a selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue of the impacts of large dams on forests and local communities, as well as the struggles developed at the local and global levels against them. Also available for free download on WRM website
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The Pulp Invasion: The International Pulp and Paper Industry in the Mekong Region (US$7)
By Chris Lang
World Rainforest Movement, December 2002
This book examines the current state of the pulp and paper industry in the Mekong countries including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The book analyses the social and environmental impacts of plantations and the pulp and paper industry, and describes the patterns of local resistance to ecological damage and loss of livelihood. Also available for free download on WRM website |
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Water Privatisation in Thailand
By Montree Chantawong, Pornthip Boonkrob, Chamaiporn Chunjai and Phayoongsak Kochasawasdi
Foundation for Ecological Recovery, December 2002
This book provides an overview of water privatisation in Thailand. The authors examine the trend of handing over management of natural resources to the private sector and the actors and forces involved, and suggest that the impact of on-going privatisation will be profound. They advocate for participatory rights of local people in any policy review and argue against market-takeover for it will undermine community-based water management. Available for free download |
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Environment Words: A dictionary in plain English (US$10)
Edited by Glenda Kupczyk-Romanczuk
Images Asia, 2002
Environment Words contains more than 4,500 definitions, written in a style that is accessible to people for whom English is a second (or even third or fourth) language. It has been written for people who are facing serious environmental problems and need to access information that is available only in English. |
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The People and Their River: A Survey of River-based Livelihoods in the Xe Bang Fai River Basin in Central Lao PDR (US$ 10)
Bruce Shoemaker, Ian G. Baird, and Monsiri Baird
Lao PDR/Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, November 2001
This report describes the benefits the people of the Xe Bang Fai basin derive from their rivers, wetlands and forests, as well as the systems developed by communities to manage and conserve these resources. |
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The Mekong Currency: Lives and Times of a River (US$20)
By Liesbeth Sluiter (ed. Grainne Ryder),
Project for Ecological Recovery/Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance, 1992
This book tells the story, with 300 stunning black and white photographs, of the Mekong River’s wealth; its currency of silt, floods and fisheries, which are replenished and distributed to millions of peoples every year by the natural flowing Mekong River. The Mekong Currency also tells the story of development projects; its currency of dams, megawatts and money. |
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The Future of Peoples and Forests in Thailand after the Logging Ban (US$6)
Edited by Pinkaew Laungaramsi and Noel Rajesh,
Project for Ecological Recovery, 1991
In January 1989, the Thai government cancelled commercial timber licenses nationwide. This book evaluates the state of forests in Thailand following this decision and describes the environmental struggle in Thailand. The book also provides a description of community forests and the concept of protected area systems.
Note: Out of print – available only as a photocopied book. |
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PAYMENTS TO TERRA
Payments for Watershed and other resources can be made by:
* credit card - please click here and follow the payment instructions
* cheque in Thai baht drawn on a bank in Thailand and payable to TERRA. Please use the exchange rate of the day. TERRA cannot accept cheques in any other currency.
* electronic bank transfer to TERRA, account number 075-2-11957-9 of the Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Ltd, branch Ratchadapisek 2, Ratchadapisek Road, Huay Khwang, Bangkok 10320. A copy of the electronic bank transfer must be forwarded to TERRA.
Please ensure your name and mailing details accompany all payments.
Please forward payments and your contact details (name, address, email) to:
Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA)
409 Soi Rohitsuk
Pracharajbampen Road
Huay Khwang
Bangkok 10320
Thailand
Tel: (66 2) 691 0718-20
Fax: (66 2) 691 0714
Email: fer@terraper.org
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