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Civilising the uplands: development of rubber plantations in remote areas of Lao PDR

This paper begins with the global context of the rubber expansion. The paper then summarises what have been seen as the upland problems and some limited success to resolve the upland problems. In the following section, the paper considers why the state considers that a rubber tree is likely to be compatible with the attempt to develop the uplands. Two different paths of rubber boom in two upland communities in Luang Namtha province are also detailed for considering how ‘civilisation’ climbs hills.

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Field Value
Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics Ethnic minorities and indigenous people
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
Copyright Yes
Version / Edition 1
License Creative Commons Attribution
Author (individual) Wasana La-orngplew
Publication date 2010
Pagination 27
Date uploaded March 22, 2019, 08:47 (UTC)
Date modified December 6, 2019, 07:06 (UTC)