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Abstract

The series of draft and finalised Working Papers of the Sida
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Sarec funded research co­
operation project "People's options on forest land use" has several objectives.
In conjunction with ongoing field work, the Working Paper serves as an instrument to
make available to national research institutions and other interested parties a preliminary
documentation, related to the field work. Consequently, the Papers are used for workshops
and seminars, the objective of which is to discuss and further develop the issues considered
relevant in the national and local context. They are also used as reference documents in
conjunction with other work with the national authorities at central and local levels.
The Working Papers, especially in draft form, might lack in academic standards and style
and there are few references to other research, but they could still serve the purpose of
developing co-operation and further discussions. They should hopefully facilitate a better
understanding of the issues at hand. No quotes from this paper are agreed upon unless
written permission from the authors.
In this paper Bo Ohlsson is the author of the chapters 3 and 5 and Annex A -B while
chapter 4.1 -4.4 and Annex C is written by R. Kajsa Sandewall. The chapters 4.5, 6 and 7
and Annex D - F have been prepared by Mats Sandewall. The remaining parts have been
written jointly by the principal researchers. All maps have been prepared by NOFIP.
The main findings were presented to the concerned villages, district and province
authorities and the researchers of the Shifting Cultivation Research Project in a seminar at
Thong Khang Station on August 19, 1997.