Thailand is the mecca of birding in Southeast Asia. It's convenient to get to and get around, and its birdlife is wondrously diverse, exotic, and plentiful. With Birds of Thailand, Craig Robson and fourteen leading illustrators give us the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and concise field guide to this magnificent country's rich avifaunal heritage in recent years, covering the more than 950 species recorded as of early in the new millennium.
Facing each of the 128 striking, full-color plates are species accounts accompanied by maps for each, illustrating precise distribution within Thailand. The accurate text covers identification, voice, habitat, behavior, range, status, and breeding for all species and subspecies. Illustrations and entries on a number of species recorded only quite recently are also included.
The country's varied habitats assure something for every birder, from freshwater marshes to coastal areas, from fields and rice paddies to lush jungles and mangrove forests. In Thailand, one can delight in the brilliantly colored pittas, broadbills, and sunbirds; the deep, dazzling green of barbets, parrots, parakeets, and leafbirds; the aptly named frogmouths; the roosterlike resplendence of the (male) red junglefowl; the ruff, whose breeding male in full plumage sports a truly singular head; and much, much more.
Birders and all ecologically minded travelers daydreaming of a voyage to this gem of a country will want the latest source of thorough information on its birdlife--in a highly portable, pithy, and vividly illustrated guide. What they will want is Craig Robson's Birds of Thailand.
Comprehensive field guide written specifically for this magnificent, bird-rich country
128 full-color plates by expert artists covering every major plumage variation, with juveniles also illustrated where notably distinct from males and females
Over 950 maps for individual species illustrating their precise distribution within Thailand
Accurate, up-to-date, and concise text covering identification, voice, habitat and behavior, range, status, and breeding of all species and distinctive subspecies
Author: Craig Robson
Paperback:
272 pages
Company: Princeton University Press
(2002-10-01)
ISBN: 0691007012 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $18.78 Used Price: $18.65
Bathed by the waters of two oceans, Thailand's varied diving environments are home to colorful coral reefs and an impressive diversity of marine life. Live-aboard ships explore the offshore islands with their beautiful white-sand beaches and lush vegetation, and go beyond the Thai border to newly pioneered dive sites in Myanmar. A rich culture and well-developed infrastructure make this the most popular diving region in Southeast Asia.
In This Guide:
Detailed dive information to 76 sites Full-color photos throughout Easy-to-read maps of dive regions Guide to marine life Travel logistics and topside attractions
Author: Tim Rock
Paperback:
144 pages
Company: Lonely Planet
(2007-08-01)
ISBN: 174179188X List Price: $24.99 Amazon Price: $15.23 Used Price: $15.62
Once revered as semidivine beings and collaborators in the hard work of transporting goods and materials, Thailand's elephants have fallen on hard times. With the destruction of their forested habitats, a consequent nationwide ban on hardwood logging, and the decline of traditional agriculture in the rapidly urbanizing country, their numbers have declined from tens of thousands just a decade ago to only a few thousand today. Many of the surviving elephants have been put to work in traveling circuses or used for black-market labor, subject to overwork and all manner of abuse.
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Russian expatriates who have been working together for more than 30 years, have a knack, writes art curator Mia Fineman, for "transforming the solemn rituals of high art into high comedy." It was with the utmost seriousness, however, that the two, on reading of the elephants' plight, traveled to Thailand and established the Thai Elephant Art School, through whose offices elephants create pop-art masterpieces with palette, brush, and trunk. (Elephants, it seems, have a well-known gift for the visual arts and, in the Thai case, adore the work of Vasily Kandinsky.) Sold to collectors on the world market, pachyderm-painted pieces generated $75,000 at a single early auction, the proceeds of which were used to establish and maintain sanctuaries throughout Thailand.
Illustrated with elephantine artwork and more than 100 photographs documenting Komar and Melamid's project, this book makes a wonderfully offbeat gift, and one of a very good cause. --Gregory McNamee
Author: Komar & Melamid, David Eggers
Paperback:
120 pages
Bargain Price
Company: Harper Paperbacks
(2000-11-01)
(2000-11-07)
List Price: $20.00 Amazon Price: $355.27 Used Price: $52.75
Primatologists have long viewed small fruiting trees, like figs, as the reason for gibbons’ territorial and monogamous behavior. However, at Khao Yai National Park in Thailand where gibbons are prevalent, figs are one of the largest trees in the forest. In this long-term field study, Bartlett takes up this apparent contradiction, and follows gibbons as their major food sources wax and wane over time.
The titles in the Primate Field Studies series impart the comprehensive results of long-term field studies to a broad audience at a critical time. Long-term field studies often have a cohesive story to tell which encompasses many different topics, from group size and food distribution, to social behavior, reproduction, and demography. The comprehensive and accessible monographs can supplement textbooks, or may be used as a stand-alone text in upper-level courses on primatology.
Author: Thad Q Bartlett
Paperback:
192 pages
Company: Prentice Hall
(2008-05-25)
ISBN: 0131915045 List Price: $21.33 Amazon Price: $21.33
This elegant Thai and English compendium of the world-renowned orchids of Thailand features 685 species in full-color photographs. With its detailed information on the locations, flowering seasons, and distinctive features of the kingdom's spectacular wild orchids, it is an indispensable companion for both professional and amateur naturalists, as well as for nature lovers on their forays into the national parks of Thailand. The volume includes a species index of Thai and scientific names.
In 1987, zoologist Alan Rabinowitz was invited by the Thai government to study leopards, tigers, and other wildlife in the Huai Kha Khaeng valley, one of Southeast Asia's largest and most prized forests. It was hoped his research would help protect the many species that live in that fragile reserve, which was being slowly decimated by poachers, drug traffickers, and even the native tribes of the area. Chasing the Dragon's Tail is the remarkable story of Rabinowitz's life and adventures in the forest as well as the streets of Bangkok, as he works to protect Thailand's threatened wildlife.
Based on Rabinowitz's field journals, the book offers an intimate and moving look at a modern zoologist's life in the field. As he fights floods, fire-ant infestations, elephant stampedes, and a request to marry the daughter of a tribal chief, the difficulties that come with the demanding job of species conservation are dramatically brought to life. First published in 1991, this edition of Chasing the Dragon's Tail includes a new afterword by the author that brings the story up to date, describing the surprising strides Thailand has made recently in conservation.
"Rabinowitz seems to crave risk and adventure, and the story of his hazardous years 'chasing the dragon's tail' in the Thai forest?which includes encounters with angry poachers, a narrow escape from his own leopard trap, and the aftermath of his participation in an opium counci?makes engrossing reading. He also reveals much about Thai life and its contradictions. . . .
?Publishers Weekl.
"...one of the best recent books on Thailand. Although essentially the record of a zoologist conserving wild cats in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, the book also offers a penetrating account of author Alan Rabinowitz's struggle to come to terms with Thailand and the Thai people.
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Other titles by Alan Rabinowitz include Beyond the Last Village and Jaguar.
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
Paperback:
288 pages
Company: Island Press
(2002-07-01)
ISBN: 1559639806 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $25.00 Used Price: $14.95
Thailand is a climber's paradise—discover where to climb, where to stay, what to take, and more in this new guide!
·More than 350 sport routes, rated 1-5 stars for their appeal ·Up-to-date post-tsunami information ·Information on Thai history, culture, and geology, along with useful Thai language phrases ·Author royalties used for route rebolting efforts in Thailand, done in conjunction with the American Safe Climbing Association (ASCA)
This new guide contains everything climbers need to make the most of Thailand, both on the rock and off. You'll find information on local transportation, lodging, sightseeing, guide schools, and gear shops, as well as how to preserve your gear from the wear and tear of warm salt water breezes, and much more.
Author: Sam Lightner Jr.
Paperback:
333 pages
Company: Mountaineers Books
(2005-10-30)
ISBN: 0898867509 List Price: $21.95 Amazon Price: $14.18 Used Price: $10.75
Lonely Planets new "Diving & Snorkeling Thailand" is the most up-to-date underwater guide, covering Thailand from the Andaman Sea in the west, to the Gulf of Thailand in the southeast. This book documents and maps more than 75 of the best, and not so well known, dive sites accessed from Thailand. Filled with brilliant photographs, it offers information about the climate, language and culture, as well as how to dive responsibly. There is also a special marine life section which includes commonly seen creatures from the delicate sea whip (Junceella fragilis) to the fried egg nudibranch (Chromodoris annulata).
Author: Mark Strickland, John Williams
Paperback:
176 pages
dive site depth range and conditions, common and hazardous marine life, topside practicalities, diving services and environmental organizations, 20 easy-to-read maps
Company: Lonely Planet Publications
(2000-11)
ISBN: 1864502010 List Price: $16.99 Amazon Price: $152.29 Used Price: $6.95
This new pilot covers the South China Sea including Hong Kong, Philippines, Eastern Malaysia and Thailand to Sinapore. Stephen Davies and Elaine Morgan's detailed text provides cruise planning information, an extensive discussion on climate, technical data concerning radio and weather forecasting services and general background commentary on each country. Each region is then treated in detail and pilotage information is given for key harbours. This pilot is a unique source of information for cruise planning and also will be an essential reference for yachtsmen on passage.
Author: Stephen Davies, Elaine Morgan
Paperback:
216 pages
Company: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson
(1998-01-01)
ISBN: 0852882963 List Price: $84.95 Amazon Price: $84.95 Used Price: $49.27
"The Most Traveled Man on Earth" is a non-fiction book that describes the two men vying for this title, and other contenders who are trying to visit literally every country, sovereign territory and other separate territory on Earth. It answers the question of "What IS a country?" and provides three different lists of the "countries" on Earth, as defined by three sources--The Travelers Century Club, International Travel News, and www.mosttraveledpeople.com. The book then describes the adventures of the author in trying to catch The Most Traveled Men -- author Lew Toulmin has traveled to 135 countries and 25 other sovereign or semi-sovereign territories. His adventures include: *Searching for and finding the real "Bali Hai" of South Pacific fame * Visiting Pitcairn Island and meeting the descendants of HMS Bounty mutineers * Being recruited by the KGB * Exploring the world's newest country, East Timor ("Timor Leste") and interviewing the first First Lady, a former ballerina and spy * Losing weight in Bangkok by having his belly slapped -- 20000 times! * Running with the bulls at Pamplona -- the inner game * Sailing aboard Amistad and other tall ships across three oceans * Participating in the Great Race (4000 miles across America) in a genuine 1968 "Bullitt" Mustang * The search for Brian Boru, High King of All Ireland in the year 1000, and locating his traces in Ireland today * World's worst disasters and ten major disaster myths * Burmese leg-rowing -- don't try this at home * Crimes against genealogy * What really happened on the Bridge over the River Kwai * The real characters behind "Out of Africa" * And other exotic but true tales from every continent
Author: Llewellyn Morgan Toulmin
Paperback:
468 pages
Company: The Village Press
(2006-07-16)
ISBN: 0977617505 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $16.95 Used Price: $11.40
Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world's nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife-gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand's magnificent animal and plant life.
*Identifying and location information on the most frequently seen animals.
*Full-color illustrations of nearly 600 of Thailand's most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and coral fish.
*Up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the animals.
*Information on Thailand's habitats and on the most common plants you will encounter.
*Brief descriptions of Thailand's most frequently visited parks and reserves.
Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated - you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.
Author: David L. Pearson, Les Beletsky
Paperback:
472 pages
Company: Interlink Publishing Group
(2008-05)
ISBN: 1566566940 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $21.86
This book applies a sustainable development framework to the planning and managing of an intermediate size city in a developing region of a developing nation, and assesses the potential of such a framework to effectively guide the city's development. It identifies issues and recommends approaches to assist local governments to enhance their capacity, improve their management efficiency, and facilitate a course toward sustainable development. The focus is on the many intermediate size cities emerging in Asia and elsewhere as the nucleus of new urbanization and more efficient urbanization management, instead of on the few primate mega-cities. The entire book studies one city and region from multiple perspectives, allowing multiple comparisons. This reflects the unique composition of the book's contributors, representing fifteen disciplines, four universities, and three countries. The book is intended for those interested in applications of sustainability to the management of urban growth and development at the local level, including development professionals, elected officials, academic researchers and teachers, and university students.
Hardcover:
356 pages
Company: Springer
(2002-10-31)
ISBN: 140200818X List Price: $143.00 Amazon Price: $143.00 Used Price: $79.92
Author: Merel Cox, Peter Paul van Dijk, Jaruji Nabhitabhata, Kumthorn Thirakhupt
Paperback:
144 pages
Company: New Holland Publishers Ltd
(1998-09-01)
ISBN: 1853684384 List Price: $15.83 Amazon Price: $10.87 Used Price: $13.77
In this memorable exploit from a master storyteller, Tristan Jones takes on the infamous Kra Peninsula which divides the Andaman Sea from the Gulf of Thailand. Determined once again to perform a feat that others have tried and failed to accomplish, Jones makes his way through this short but exceedingly difficult passage in a small seagoing fishing boat. Accompanied by his German mate, Thomas, and three disabled Thai youths, Jones faces floating debris, homemade dams, mechanical failure and precariously low funds. But whether encountering a raucous band of teenage monks or navigating a dry riverbed by hitching onto an elephant, Jones exhibits the awesome stubborness and courage of a man willing to sacrifice all comforts for the unknown and seemingly impossible.
Author: Tristan Jones
Paperback:
302 pages
Company: Sheridan House
(1999-09)
ISBN: 157409064X List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $8.91 Used Price: $4.59
This is a powerful feminist critique of the 'Western' concept of development. It is also an attempt to rediscover and rehabilitate traditional indigenous knowledge as an important basis for empowering women and re-establishing the foundation of reciprocity in North-South dialogue. The author looks at the wreckage "progress" has wreaked on the lives of Thai sex workers and of indigenous peoples globally and contrasts this with a portrait - in words and pictures - of her own "undeveloped" mother, 'gardener, agriculturalist, cook, entertainer, tool and toy inventor and maker, traditional doctor, resources manager, energy conservationist, food scientist, home economist, sustainable developer, ecologist and environmentalist'. In exploring the possibilities for an appropriate development path, Sinith Sittirak applies the framework of a political economy of development which acknowledges the politics of identity and difference. Central to her framework is the recognition that 'development' is part of that universalizing process which imposes sameness by speaking for or naming the 'Other' and by excluding difference.
The mountains of northern Thailand constitute part of northern Thai identity. They inspire fear and awe, respect and love, curiosity and creative imagination. They define both the physical and mental landscape of northern Thailand.
Drawing on the legendary histories of three mountains in the region—Doi Ang Salung Chiang Dao, Doi Suthep, and Doi Kham—coauthor Donald Swearer explores the various ways that mountains in northern Thailand are seen as sacred space, and therefore as an environment to be respected rather than exploited.
The volume presents, in English translation, the stories associated with these sacred sites as recorded in the legendary chronicles, or tamnan, of the story of the Chiang Dao mountain and cave, the account of the enshrining of the Buddha relic on Doi Suthep, and the interwoven legends of the hermit Wasuthep, the demons Pu Sae and Ya Sae, the chief Wilangkha, and the queen Chamathewi.
In preserving the fascinating folklore of these sacred mountains, the authors contribute to the preservation of the mountains themselves.
Author: Donald K. Swearer, Sommai Premchit, Phaithoon Dokbuakaew
Paperback:
104 pages
Company: Silkworm Books
(2005-01-31)
ISBN: 9749575482 List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $13.41 Used Price: $13.40
This exquisitely written book puts a human face on the tragedy of last year’s Southeast Asian tsunami through the heartbreaking and heroic stories of four who survived this cataclysmic natural disaster
Erich Krauss arrived in the Thai village of Nam Keam on a relief truck 12 days after an underwater earthquake of unimaginable magnitude erupted across the ocean floor and unleashed a tsunami that destroyed millions of lives and decimated the coastline of Southeast Asia. Wandering around the wreckage in a contamination suit, trying to deliver food and water, he found survivors desperate to tell him what their village had been like and how their lives had been changed forever. In Wave of Destruction, Krauss shares the pain and privation of four villagers who made it through alive only to bury their family and friends.
Beginning with their fight for life as a 40-foot wave crashed down upon their community, and ending with their slow, confusing quest to rebuild after the last of the bodies had been buried, Krauss unveils the actions and thoughts of ordinary people who were forced to brave extraordinary circumstances. Much like John Hersey did in his acclaimed book Hiroshima, Krauss, a gifted writer and expert in Thai culture, allows the reader to experience one of the worst disasters the world has ever known—through the eyes of those who will never be able to forget.
Author: Erich Krauss
Hardcover:
256 pages
Company: Rodale Books
(2005-12-27)
(2005-12-27)
ISBN: 1594863784 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $0.75 Used Price: $0.62
In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. They argue that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion and control in the uplands. They have also been used to justify the alternative directions advocated by an array of NGOs.
In official and alternative discourses of economic development, the peoples living in Thailand's hill country are typically cast as either guardians or destroyers of forest resources, often depending on their ethnicity. Political and historical factors have created a simplistic, misleading, and often scientifically inaccurate environmental narrative: Hmong farmers, for example, are thought to exhibit environmentally destructive practices, whereas the Karen are seen as linked to and protective of their ancestral home. Forsyth and Walker reveal a much more complex relationship of hill farmers to the land, to other ethnic groups, and to the state. They conclude that current explanations fail to address the real causes of environmental problems and unnecessarily restrict the livelihoods of local people.
The authors' critical assessment of simplistic environmental narratives, as well as their suggestions for finding solutions, will be valuable in international policy discussions about environmental issues in rapidly developing countries. Moreover, their redefinition of northern Thailand's environmental problems, and their analysis of how political influences have reinforced inappropriate policies, demonstrate new ways of analyzing how environmental science and knowledge are important arenas for political control.
This book makes valuable contributions to Thai studies and more generally to the fields of environmental science, ecology, geography, anthropology, and political science, as well as to policy making and resource management in the developing world.
Author: Tim Forsyth, Andrew Walker
Paperback:
302 pages
Company: University of Washington Press
(2008-02)
ISBN: 0295988223 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $22.11 Used Price: $18.88
Thailand is the number-one tourist destination in Southeast Asia, with over 13 million visitors per year, 300,000 per month to the island of Phuket alone. This is the best and most comprehensive guide to the country. Loaded with inside information from the resident authors on everything from the secrets of buying food from street vendors to sampling the fabulous cuisine in thousands of great restaurants. Prices are astonishingly low, which adds to the attraction. Two people can dine well for less than $5, including drinks and several courses. The finest hotels, with impeccable service, cost a fraction of what you would pay in Europe or the US. Tips on shopping for silk scarves, exotic jewelry, handicrafts and much more, all at bargain prices. Hikes, bike trips, elephant riding, fishing, kayaking - all the outdoor activities available. Special experiences like Thai massage, visiting some of the 30,000 mystic temples, elephant trekking, sea canoeing, exploring the unspoiled islands. Best of all, the people are open, friendly and welcoming. This guide will introduce you to them.
Author: Christopher Evans, Lindsey Evans
Paperback:
424 pages
Company: Hunter Publishing
(2006-05-30)
ISBN: 1588435180 List Price: $21.99 Amazon Price: $14.32 Used Price: $8.99
Wild Thailand is the fifth volume in a series celebrating the earth's great wilderness areas, illustrated by one of the world's leading natural history photographers. Like its companion volumes on Indonesia, India, Malaysia, and New Zealand, it is richly illustrated with over 400 full-color photographs. Chapters focus on each area of the country in turn, with an emphasis on environmental threats and conservation programs.
Thailand is a country of seemingly infinite variety, containing almost every habitat variation found in tropical Asia, from dry tropical pine forests in the mountainous north, through flood plains in the central region, to wet evergreen forests in the steamy south. The coasts boast mangrove swamps and stunning coral reefs. The country also harbors some 27,000 flower species -- an estimated 10 percent of the world's total -- along with over 900 bird species. It is, in effect, a biogeographic gateway through which the ecological elements of the surronding countries have met and merged, creating a natural potpourri that is not found anywhere else.
Author: Belinda Stewart-Cox
Hardcover:
208 pages
Company: The MIT Press
(1995-12-12)
ISBN: 0262193647 List Price: $41.95 Amazon Price: $30.69 Used Price: $29.00
The tropical paradise of Thailand has extraordinarily vivid beauty. Shimmering temples seemingly rise up to the sky, while bustling streets and waterways contrast with lovely beaches and lagoons. Amidst the fast pace of the modern age, Thailand still maintains its freshness and simplicity. Here is an unforgettable visual record of the island and its people.
Author: John Hoskins, Steve Vidler
Hardcover:
112 pages
Company: Periplus Editions
(2006-12-15)
ISBN: 0794604080 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $8.64 Used Price: $7.73
The Palms and Cycads of Thailand displays the rich floral diversity of the former Kingdom of Siam. The varied microclimates within this region provide the backdrop for a rich and, until recently, rather poorly known palm flora. Over 160 species of palms and 10 species of cycads are described and nearly all are illustrated with color photographs. The Palms and Cycads of Thailand is the first account of Thai palms and the most comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated account of Old World palms ever.
Hardcover:
190 pages
Company: Allen Press
(1998-01)
ISBN: 0935868984 List Price: $59.95 Amazon Price: $52.99 Used Price: $53.96
In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers.
The modern nation-state grapples with local power hierarchies on the periphery of the nation, with varied outcomes. Citizenship in China helps Akha better protect a fluid set of livelihood practices that confer benefits on them and their landscape. Denied such citizenship in Thailand, Akha are helpless when forests and other resources are ruthlessly claimed by the state. Drawing on current anthropological debates on the state in Southeast Asia and more generally on debates on property theory, states and minorities, and political ecology, Sturgeon shows how people live in a continuous state of negotiated boundaries - political, social, and ecological.
This pioneering comparison of resource access and land use among historically related peoples in two nation-states will be welcomed by scholars of political ecology, environmental anthropology, ethnicity, and politics of state formation in East and Southeast Asia.
Author: Janet C. Sturgeon
Paperback:
264 pages
Company: University of Washington Press
(2007-11-30)
ISBN: 0295987634 List Price: $22.50 Amazon Price: $20.19 Used Price: $19.86
A handy, pocket sized field guide to Thailand's birds featuring excellent color photographs and brief accounts for 252 different species. Each species account contains information useful to identifying each bird, while color coded "thumb tabs" assist in quickly locating specific species accounts. A must have item for any bird watcher planning a visit to Thailand. Illustrated with over 250 color photos,
Author: Michael Webster, Chew Yen Fook
Paperback:
144 pages
Company: Ralph Curtis Publishing
(1999-06-01)
ISBN: 0883590417 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $14.50 Used Price: $36.16
Author: Lucien M. Hanks
Paperback:
196 pages
Company: University of Hawaii Press
(1992-09)
ISBN: 0824814657 List Price: $20.00 Amazon Price: $16.25 Used Price: $0.84
Twenty years after the last summary publication on the region, this volume presents the most complete modern summary of the latest surveys and research on all the birds now found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Over 380 species are described using data derived from field and museum research, as well as previously unpublished or poorly distributed data from local compilers, diaries, and personal records. More than 70 spectacular full-page color plates show almost all of the species covered. This volume also includes a fully referenced bibliography of over 800 sources. An extensive introduction covers aspects of history, biogeography, and ecology of the region's birds, plus main conservation issues.
Key Features:
Over 380 species are described in modern handbook format using data derived from field and museum research
The only detailed handbook of the birds of the region; supplies a benchmark synopsis (first in 20 years) of the bird fauna and ornithological research in the Peninsula, much of it published for the first time.
Over 70 color plates
Many species illustrated for the first time
Serves as an introductory text which describes the region and its conservation crisis
Author: David R. Wells, David Wells
Hardcover:
648 pages
Company: Princeton University Press
(1999-06-15)
ISBN: 0127429611 List Price: $95.00 Amazon Price: $76.00 Used Price: $81.09
The interconnectedness of the global environment and finiteness of the earth's natural resources require an increased understanding of environmental and natural-resource policy and politics in countries around the world. This is especially true of industrializing countries where widespread ecological disturbances and rapid exploitation of natural resources are taking place. Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries provides an in-depth study of ecological problems, policies, and politics in ten major industrializing countries. Each chapter discusses the increasingly international context of domestic environmental policies and explores some of the powerful interests and institutional forces that contribute to ecological problems and shape the policies to deal with them in each country. The authors identify some of the major impediments to both well-designed environmental policies and their effective implementation. The ten countries included here--the Czech Republic, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Taiwan, Thailand, Slovakia, and Venezuela--cover five continents, over half of the world's population and most of the major industrializing countries.
Paperback:
327 pages
Company: State University of New York Press
(1998-06)
ISBN: 0791437809 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $21.02 Used Price: $1.99
Unknown Binding:
108 pages
Company: International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
(1988)
ISBN: 9711022443 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $67.14
Author: Herve L. Plusquellec, Thomas Wickham
Paperback:
76 pages
Company: World Bank
(1985-08)
ISBN: 0821305328 List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $41.10
In many tropical countries mangrove forests are a crucial component of coastal resources. Nowhere is this more evident than in Thailand where their continued destruction due to shrimp farm expansion is impacting upon forestry, fisheries and the quality of the coastal environment.
In addition to the environmental damage caused, mangrove loss is also a serious social problem. Many people live and work among the mangrove forests and the destruction of the resources and ecological functions these forests provide affect the economic livelihoods and cultural heritage of many communities. Against these losses must be weighed the considerable commercial and foreign exchange benefits of shrimp aquaculture and production, which is a major export industry in Thailand. Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the expansion of shrimp farms.
Economists, ecologists, sociologists and coastal management specialists will all welcome this unique inter-disciplinary appraisal of the ecological, economic and social implications of shrimp farm expansion and mangrove conversion. It will also be of particular value to international and national policymakers concerned with coastal management in tropical countries.
Hardcover:
288 pages
Company: Edward Elgar Publishing
(2004-03)
ISBN: 1843766019 List Price: $150.00 Amazon Price: $113.19 Used Price: $125.91
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Hardcover:
42 pages
Import
Company: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
(2000-10-19)
ISBN: 925104449X List Price: Amazon Price:
Author: thai Iawprc Asian Conference on Water Pollution Control 1988 Bangkok, Chongrak Polprasert, K. Yamamoto, T. Panswad
Hardcover:
718 pages
Company: Pergamon Pr
(1989-03)
ISBN: 0080368840 List Price: $167.00 Amazon Price: $38.88 Used Price: $19.99
This book focuses on the news coverage of an environmental movement against the construction of Pak Mun Dam a political and environmental conflict that lasted nearly twelve years in Thailand. This book examines how the environmental movement was perceived and portrayed by four influential Thai daily newspapers Thai Rath, Matichon, The Nation and Bangkok Post. Combining the conceptual frameworks of global environmental movements and news construction, this study views the role of local news media based on the dynamic discourse of glocalization. The author proposes that through their routine process of news construction, local news media institutions work as conduits or glocal conjunctures between the local and the global. Under various intra- and extra-organizational factors and circumstances, local media has the power to link global meanings to local environmental discourse.
Author: Suda Ishida
Hardcover:
196 pages
Company: Edwin Mellen Press
(2007-03-07)
(2007-03-07)
ISBN: 0773454934 List Price: $99.95 Amazon Price: $79.94
This study identifies and investigates problems of incorporative development as it affects people in rural Thailand, addressing several key themes commonly associated with development studies. Among these are spontaneous land development and associated deforestation; changing control over local and wider societal resources; cooperation as an ideal in many development programs; and power and its changing location as local communities become part of a wide society.
Author: Philip Hirsch
Hardcover:
272 pages
Company: Oxford University Press, USA
(1991-01-03)
ISBN: 0195889681 List Price: $35.00 Amazon Price: Used Price: $30.00
These fifteen papers by local contributors examine the natural resources of Thailand and the impact of human activity and consumption on the environment, providing important insights into resource management and conservation in Thailand and elsewhere.
Author: Dhira Phantumvanit
Hardcover:
464 pages
Company: Oxford University Press, USA
(1988-09-15)
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Author: John W.K. Parr
Paperback:
206 pages
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Company: Sarakadee Press (The Viriyah Business Co Ltd)
(2003-01)
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Author: Peter Paul Van Dijk, Jarujin Nabhitabhata, Dumthorn Thirakhupt
Paperback:
144 pages
Company: Ralph Curtis Publishing
(1998-07)
ISBN: 0883590433 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $29.50 Used Price: $16.00
The conference from which this collection of essays grew was organized to address the importance of energy efficiency for Thailand's future economic growth. Like many developing countries, Thailand has been enjoying an impressive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in the last few years, prompting many to predict that it will soon "graduate" to join the ranks of the newly industrialized countries. However, these positive economic indicators have also been accompanied by a worrisome one: a dramatic increase in energy use. Between 1986 and 1987 energy use grew by over 15 percent-over twice the rate of GDP growth-and Thailand spent over $1.5 billion on imported energy sources. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the global imperatives for implementing energy efficiency measures in Thailand and other developing countries. Case-study examples are then given of the global experience in energy efficiency in industry, buildings, transportation, and electric power generation. Co-published with the International Institute for Energy Conservation.
Author: Bleviss Deborah Lynn
Hardcover:
469 pages
Company: University Press of America
(1989-09-28)
ISBN: 0819174971 List Price: $90.50 Amazon Price: $28.00 Used Price: $10.00
Author: Robert Rees Harry-Rofen
Unknown Binding:
236 pages
Company: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(1963)
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Author: Anssi Niskanen
Unknown Binding:
51 pages
Company: UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER)
(1996)
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Unknown Binding:
497 pages
Company: Fishing News Books by arrangement with the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(1972)
ISBN: 0852380232 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $3.88
This beautifully illustrated book surveys a wide range of elephant lore in Thailand, past and present. It looks at the religious, artistic, and literary background to Thai attitudes toward the elephant and assesses the role of the elephant in present-day Thai life.
Author: Rita Ringis
Hardcover:
224 pages
Company: Oxford University Press, USA
(1996-08-15)
ISBN: 9676530689 List Price: $65.00 Amazon Price: Used Price: $29.99
Author: Philip D. Round, International Council for Bird Preservation
Paperback:
211 pages
Company: BirdLife International
(1988-01)
ISBN: 0946888132 List Price: Amazon Price: $98.89 Used Price: $66.22
Successful approaches to protecting and improving watershed resources
Ensuring a safe and adequate supply of water requires the combined efforts and expertise of resource managers, engineers, planners, technical experts, and policy analysts worldwide. This contributed volume is unique in recognizing this need and provides today's first truly comprehensive, international coverage of effective watershed management.
Experts representing the full spectrum of environmental professions and viewpoints provide detailed case studies of how watershed management is being implemented around the world, focusing on the United States, France, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, the Nile River, and other areas. Successful approaches such as whole watershed and full stakeholder involvement; watershed sanitary surveys; urban watershed management; river basin planning; integrated management and water resource protection; watershed-based coastal management wetlands restoration; water quality monitoring and assessment; stormwater and other nonpoint pollution source management; water withdrawal; wastewater discharge permitting; and other tools for cost-effective watershed management are highlighted. Mathematical models demonstrate how various systems can be successfully managed for future sustainability.
Author: Robert J. Reimold
Hardcover:
608 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill Professional
(1998-07-01)
ISBN: 0070522995 List Price: $89.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $162.60
Author: Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific
Paperback:
248 pages
Company: United Nations
(1998-06)
ISBN: 9211197864 List Price: $40.00 Amazon Price:
Author: Mike Parnwell
Paperback:
146 pages
Company: Centre for South-East Asian Studies
(1986)
ISBN: 0859585484 List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $25.00
Shopping Guide 
Bathed by the waters of two oceans, Thailand's varied diving environments are home to colorful coral reefs and an impressive diversity of marine life. Live-aboard ships explore the offshore islands with their beautiful white-sand beaches and lush vegetation, and go beyond the Thai border to newly pioneered dive sites in Myanmar. A rich culture and well-developed infrastructure make this the most popular diving region in Southeast Asia.
Once revered as semidivine beings and collaborators in the hard work of transporting goods and materials, Thailand's elephants have fallen on hard times. With the destruction of their forested habitats, a consequent nationwide ban on hardwood logging, and the decline of traditional agriculture in the rapidly urbanizing country, their numbers have declined from tens of thousands just a decade ago to only a few thousand today. Many of the surviving elephants have been put to work in traveling circuses or used for black-market labor, subject to overwork and all manner of abuse.
Author: David Espinosa, Heneage Mitchell, Kal Muller
This elegant Thai and English compendium of the world-renowned orchids of Thailand features 685 species in full-color photographs. With its detailed information on the locations, flowering seasons, and distinctive features of the kingdom's spectacular wild orchids, it is an indispensable companion for both professional and amateur naturalists, as well as for nature lovers on their forays into the national parks of Thailand. The volume includes a species index of Thai and scientific names.
Thailand is a climber's paradise—discover where to climb, where to stay, what to take, and more in this new guide! 
Lonely Planets new "Diving & Snorkeling Thailand" is the most up-to-date underwater guide, covering Thailand from the Andaman Sea in the west, to the Gulf of Thailand in the southeast. This book documents and maps more than 75 of the best, and not so well known, dive sites accessed from Thailand. Filled with brilliant photographs, it offers information about the climate, language and culture, as well as how to dive responsibly. There is also a special marine life section which includes commonly seen creatures from the delicate sea whip (Junceella fragilis) to the fried egg nudibranch (Chromodoris annulata).
This new pilot covers the South China Sea including Hong Kong, Philippines, Eastern Malaysia and Thailand to Sinapore. Stephen Davies and Elaine Morgan's detailed text provides cruise planning information, an extensive discussion on climate, technical data concerning radio and weather forecasting services and general background commentary on each country. Each region is then treated in detail and pilotage information is given for key harbours. This pilot is a unique source of information for cruise planning and also will be an essential reference for yachtsmen on passage.
"The Most Traveled Man on Earth" is a non-fiction book that describes the two men vying for this title, and other contenders who are trying to visit literally every country, sovereign territory and other separate territory on Earth. It answers the question of "What IS a country?" and provides three different lists of the "countries" on Earth, as defined by three sources--The Travelers Century Club, International Travel News, and www.mosttraveledpeople.com. The book then describes the adventures of the author in trying to catch The Most Traveled Men -- author Lew Toulmin has traveled to 135 countries and 25 other sovereign or semi-sovereign territories. His adventures include: *Searching for and finding the real "Bali Hai" of South Pacific fame * Visiting Pitcairn Island and meeting the descendants of HMS Bounty mutineers * Being recruited by the KGB * Exploring the world's newest country, East Timor ("Timor Leste") and interviewing the first First Lady, a former ballerina and spy * Losing weight in Bangkok by having his belly slapped -- 20000 times! * Running with the bulls at Pamplona -- the inner game * Sailing aboard Amistad and other tall ships across three oceans * Participating in the Great Race (4000 miles across America) in a genuine 1968 "Bullitt" Mustang * The search for Brian Boru, High King of All Ireland in the year 1000, and locating his traces in Ireland today * World's worst disasters and ten major disaster myths * Burmese leg-rowing -- don't try this at home * Crimes against genealogy * What really happened on the Bridge over the River Kwai * The real characters behind "Out of Africa" * And other exotic but true tales from every continent
Author: David Espinosa, Heneage Mitchell, Kal Muller
Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world's nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife-gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand's magnificent animal and plant life.
This book applies a sustainable development framework to the planning and managing of an intermediate size city in a developing region of a developing nation, and assesses the potential of such a framework to effectively guide the city's development. It identifies issues and recommends approaches to assist local governments to enhance their capacity, improve their management efficiency, and facilitate a course toward sustainable development. The focus is on the many intermediate size cities emerging in Asia and elsewhere as the nucleus of new urbanization and more efficient urbanization management, instead of on the few primate mega-cities. The entire book studies one city and region from multiple perspectives, allowing multiple comparisons. This reflects the unique composition of the book's contributors, representing fifteen disciplines, four universities, and three countries. The book is intended for those interested in applications of sustainability to the management of urban growth and development at the local level, including development professionals, elected officials, academic researchers and teachers, and university students.
Author: Merel Cox, Peter Paul van Dijk, Jaruji Nabhitabhata, Kumthorn Thirakhupt
In this memorable exploit from a master storyteller, Tristan Jones takes on the infamous Kra Peninsula which divides the Andaman Sea from the Gulf of Thailand. Determined once again to perform a feat that others have tried and failed to accomplish, Jones makes his way through this short but exceedingly difficult passage in a small seagoing fishing boat. Accompanied by his German mate, Thomas, and three disabled Thai youths, Jones faces floating debris, homemade dams, mechanical failure and precariously low funds. But whether encountering a raucous band of teenage monks or navigating a dry riverbed by hitching onto an elephant, Jones exhibits the awesome stubborness and courage of a man willing to sacrifice all comforts for the unknown and seemingly impossible.
The mountains of northern Thailand constitute part of northern Thai identity. They inspire fear and awe, respect and love, curiosity and creative imagination. They define both the physical and mental landscape of northern Thailand. 
In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis. They argue that such crises have been used to support political objectives of state expansion and control in the uplands. They have also been used to justify the alternative directions advocated by an array of NGOs. 
Thailand is the number-one tourist destination in Southeast Asia, with over 13 million visitors per year, 300,000 per month to the island of Phuket alone. This is the best and most comprehensive guide to the country. Loaded with inside information from the resident authors on everything from the secrets of buying food from street vendors to sampling the fabulous cuisine in thousands of great restaurants. Prices are astonishingly low, which adds to the attraction. Two people can dine well for less than $5, including drinks and several courses. The finest hotels, with impeccable service, cost a fraction of what you would pay in Europe or the US. Tips on shopping for silk scarves, exotic jewelry, handicrafts and much more, all at bargain prices. Hikes, bike trips, elephant riding, fishing, kayaking - all the outdoor activities available. Special experiences like Thai massage, visiting some of the 30,000 mystic temples, elephant trekking, sea canoeing, exploring the unspoiled islands. Best of all, the people are open, friendly and welcoming. This guide will introduce you to them.
Photographs by Gerald Cubitt
The Palms and Cycads of Thailand displays the rich floral diversity of the former Kingdom of Siam. The varied microclimates within this region provide the backdrop for a rich and, until recently, rather poorly known palm flora. Over 160 species of palms and 10 species of cycads are described and nearly all are illustrated with color photographs. The Palms and Cycads of Thailand is the first account of Thai palms and the most comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated account of Old World palms ever.
Brings together for the first time diverse aspects of caves in northern Thailand with chapters on geology, archaeology and much more.
In this comparative, interdisciplinary study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources, Janet Sturgeon examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts. She shows how, over the last century, processes of state formation, construction of ethnic identity, and regional security concerns have contributed to very different outcomes for Akha and their forests in China and Thailand, with Chinese Akha functioning as citizens and grain producers, and Akha in Thailand being viewed as "non-Thai" forest destroyers. 
Author: Morten Strange
A handy, pocket sized field guide to Thailand's birds featuring excellent color photographs and brief accounts for 252 different species. Each species account contains information useful to identifying each bird, while color coded "thumb tabs" assist in quickly locating specific species accounts. A must have item for any bird watcher planning a visit to Thailand. Illustrated with over 250 color photos,
Author: Lucien M. Hanks
Author: Heneage Mitchell, John Williams
Author: Humphrey
The interconnectedness of the global environment and finiteness of the earth's natural resources require an increased understanding of environmental and natural-resource policy and politics in countries around the world. This is especially true of industrializing countries where widespread ecological disturbances and rapid exploitation of natural resources are taking place. Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries provides an in-depth study of ecological problems, policies, and politics in ten major industrializing countries. Each chapter discusses the increasingly international context of domestic environmental policies and explores some of the powerful interests and institutional forces that contribute to ecological problems and shape the policies to deal with them in each country. The authors identify some of the major impediments to both well-designed environmental policies and their effective implementation. The ten countries included here--the Czech Republic, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Taiwan, Thailand, Slovakia, and Venezuela--cover five continents, over half of the world's population and most of the major industrializing countries.
Author: Paul Lees
Author: John W.K. Parr
Author: Peter Paul Van Dijk, Jarujin Nabhitabhata, Dumthorn Thirakhupt
Author: Christian Goodden
This beautifully illustrated book surveys a wide range of elephant lore in Thailand, past and present. It looks at the religious, artistic, and literary background to Thai attitudes toward the elephant and assesses the role of the elephant in present-day Thai life.
Author: François Labande
Successful approaches to protecting and improving watershed resources 
Paperback:
256 pages