The continental frontiers of Eurasia (central and southern China, the west
of Southeast Asia, western India, central Asia and arid western Asia) and
Asian maritime areas are presently heavily affected by globalization.
However, there are still many people who, even through living under this
global influence, maintain traditional lifestyles handling and using their
local eco resources. The purpose of this research is to focus upon people
who use these eco resources and make clear the transformative processes
involved in the use of 1) agarwood, timber, coffee, cattlebreeding; 2)
look at how, through the rise of ecotourism and the responses of local
inhabitants to restrictions established by the state in the form of national
parks and international treaties, local regional formulate new directions;
and 3) look at the common ground that exists between regions with different
ecologies. This research hopes to show the real picture that exists in
both regions.
