PLEC
NEWS
AND
VIEWS
No. 5, September 1995
CONTENTS
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FROM THE EDITOR:
NEWS OF THE PROJECT AND THE CLUSTERS
The Name of PLEC
PLEC and the GEF
The Project
West Africa
East Africa
Montane Mainland Southeast Asia
Papua New Guinea
The Caribbean
Amazonia
The MMSEA Workshop
by Kanok and Benjavan Rerkasem
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Inside back cover
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PAPER BY THE SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
The Methodology of PLEC
by Harold Brookfield
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ANNOUNCEMENT
MONTANE MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA IN TRANSITION
A Regional Symposium in Chiang Mai, Thailand November 12-16, 1995
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PAPERS BY PROJECT MEMBERS
Agricultural Systems in Papua New Guinea Project:
Approaches and Methods
by Bryant J. Allen, R. Michael Bourke and Robin L. Hide
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Indigenous Knowledge in Space and Time
by Kojo Sebastian Amanor
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A Note on Mixed Cropping by Hill-Tribe People in Northern Thailand
by Benjavan Rerkasem, Kanok Rerkasem and Benchaphun
Shinawatra
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FIGURES
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