March 28-30, 1994
Royal Halloway, University of London
Annual SEASUK Conference

THE ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The aim of the conference is to examine the current state of the
environment in South-East Asia from a wide variety of
perspectives, including those offered by scholars working in
various academic disciplines and by representatives of agencies
operating this field. We will also be including working
presentations of enviromental appraisal techniques/methodologies.
We are aiming for a maximum of 15-20 presentations to allow
adequate time for round-table discussion. Among the provisional
titles already offered are the following:

DR RAYMOND BRYANT, Department of Geography, King's College,
University of   London. "The Political Ecology of Resource
Exploitation in South-East    Asia"

LARRY LOHMAN, The Ecologist, "Tactics of Centralization and
Counter-Centrali  zation in South-East Asia's Enviromental
Politics"

DR PETER BOOMGAARD, Royal Institute of Linguistics and
Anthropology, Leiden, The Netherlands, " The Relationship Between
Humans and Tigers in Indonesia and Malaysia Between 1600 and
1950"

DR ELIZABETH MOORE, SOAS, University of London, "Ban Takhong to
Phum Reul:   Ancient Habitation on the Angkor Plain"

DR MARCUS COLCHESTER, World Rainforest Movement, "Local People
and Global    Priorities; The World Bank and the Global
Environment Facility Forestry       Management and Conservation
Project in the Lao PDR"

RANDI JERNDAL, Centre for South and East Asian Studies,
Kulturgeofisika Institut, Goteborgs Universiteit, Sweden, "The
Forestry Sector in Laos, the New    Privatization Programme and
Ecological Consequences"

DR JAY BERNSTEIN, Eliot College, University of Kent at
Canterbury, "The Brunei Rainforest Interaction Project"
(provisional title)

DR MIKE PARNWELL & PROF TERRY KING, Centre for South-East Asian
Studies,        University of Hull, "Deforestation and the
Response of Iban Communities  in Sarawak"

RILI DJOHANI; World Wide Fund For Nature, Indonesia, "Marine
Parksa and the Bajau People in Indonesia"

DR COLIN SAGE, Wye College, University of London, "Household
Dynamics and    Resource Constraints: Building Suistanable
Livelihoods in Transmigrant   Settlements, North Lampung,
Indonesia"

DR BERNARD ECCLESTON & PROF DAVID POTTER, Open University,
"Non-Governmental Organisations and Environmental Policies in
Asia"

DR JAMES PUTZEL, Development Studies Institute, London School of
Economics,  "The Politics of Enviromental Impact Assesment: A
Critique from the       Phillipines"

OWEN CAMERON, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Geography,
University of Cambridge, "The Emergence of Enviromental Movements
in Japan"

DR JANET COCHRANE, freelance tourism writer and ecotourism guide,
"The Contribution of Tourism to Enviromental Conservation in
Indonesia"

DR MICHAEL HITCHCOCK, Centre for South-East Asian Studies,
University of Hull, "Eco-Tourism in Indonesia"

ANN DANAIYA USHER, Sveriges natur, Stockholm, "Nordic Involvement
(Aid and Trade) in Forestry/Hydro Schemes in Thailand and Indo-China"

CHRIS LANG, earth Action Resource Centre, Oxford, "The Current
State of Environment in Vietnam"

GEOFF NETTLETON, Philippines Resources Centre, London, "The
Current State of the Environment in the Philippines" (provisional
title)

DR BERNARD MALONEY, Department of Geosciences, Queen's
University, Belfast, "The Environment of North Sumatra: the
product of long-term enviromental   change?

TONY WHITTEN, School for Resources and Enviromental Studies,
Dalhousia       University, halifax, Nova Scotia, "Sustainable
Development and Conserva      tion Needs in Java and Bali"

DUNCAN MACGREGOR, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway,
University of London, "A base-Line Resource for Enviromental
Studies in South-east Asia" (will include a demonstration of the
Williams-Hunt-Aerial Photographic Archive and recent ARC-INFO
work in South-East Asia)

DR JOHN WILLS, Institute of Enviromental policy and Analysis,
Huddersfield University, "Demonstartion of a Geographical
information System for the    rainforests of Brunei"

Anyone interested in presenting a paper or otherwise
participating in the conference should contact either of the
co-convenors for the conference:

DR MIKE PARNWELL
Centre for South-East Asian Studies
University of Hull
Hull HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: 1482-465758

DR RAYMOND BRYANT
Department of Geography, King's College
University of London
Strand
London WC2R2LS
Tel: 071-873-2612
Fax: 071-873-2287