KNAPEN, HAN. 2001. Forests of Fortune? The environemental history of Southeast Borneo, 1600-1880. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 189. Leiden:KITLV Press. [ISBN 90 6718 158. 33,-- Euro]

"The book deals with the relationship between people and the natural environment in Southeast Borneo, based on many hitherto unused primary sources. It describes the ways in which people made a living within the wide range of environments found here, focusing on agriculture, hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, forest exploitation, and the collection of products for the market. It deals with the impact of these activities on the natural environment and attempts to explain why most areas were strikingly little affected until modern times, yet others showed clear signs of human occupation and exploitation from an early date."

In the next issue of TRIBUS (Linden-Museum, Stuttgart) you will find a book review by Martin Baier.

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