Description / Table of Contents: Challenges for research and development on improving shifting cultivation system / Dennis P. GarrityWorking with and for plants : indigenous fallow management in perspective / Harold Brookfield -- Conceptualizing indigenous approaches to fallow management : a road map to this volume / Malcolm Cairns -- Relict emergents in swidden fallows of the Lawa in Northern Thailand : ecology and economic potential / Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt -- Successional forest development in swidden fallows of different ethnic groups in Northern Thailand / Chaleo Kanjunt -- Kammu fallow management in Lao P.D.R., with emphasis on bamboo use / Damrong Tayanin -- The potential of wild vegetables as permanent crops or to improve fallows in Sarawak, Malaysia / Ole Mertz -- Commercialization of fallow species by Bidayuh shifting cultivators in Sarawak, Malaysia / Paul Burgers -- Wild food plants as alternative fallow species in the Cordillera region, the Philippines / Fatima T. Tangan -- Farmer-developed forage management strategies for stabilization of shifting cultivation systems / Peter Horne -- Selling Imperata grasslands in Indonesia and Laos / Lesley Potter and Justin Lee -- Natural forest regeneration from an Imperata fallow : the case of Pakhasukjai / Janet L. Durno, Tuenjai Deetes, and Juthamas Rajchaprasit -- When shifting cultivators migrate to the cities, how can the forest be rehabilitated? / Borpit Maneeratana and Peter Hoare -- Fallow improvement with Chromolaena odorata in upland rice systems of Northern Laos / Walter Roder ... [et al.] -- Management of fallows based on Austroeupatorium inulaefolium by Minangkabau farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia / Malcolm Cairns -- Piper aduncum fallows in the lowlands of Papua New Guinea / Alfred E. Hartemink -- Management of Tecoma stans fallows in semi-arid Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia / Tony Djogo ... [et al.] -- Improved fallows using a spiny legume, Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla, in Western Leyte, the Philippines / Edwin A. Balbarino, David M. Bates, and Zosimo M. de la Rosa -- Management of Mimosa diplotricha var. inermis as a simultaneous fallow in Northern Thailand / Klaus Prinz and Somchai Ongprasert -- Growing Ya Zhou Hyacinth Beans in the dry season on Hainan Island, China / Lin Weifu ... [et al.] -- Indigenous fallow management based on Flemingia vestita in northeast India / P.S. Ramakrishnan -- Benefits of Phaseolus calcaratus in upland farming in northern Vietnam / Nguyen Tuan Hao ... [et al.] -- Viny legumes as accelerated seasonal fallows : intensifying shifting cultivation in northern Thailand / Somchai Ongprasert and Klaus Prinz -- The role of Leucaena in swidden cropping and livestock production in Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia / Colin Piggin -- Use of Leucaena leucocephala to intensify indigenous fallow rotations in Sulawesi, Indonesia / Fahmuddin Agus -- Upland rice response to Leucaena leucocephala fallows on Mindoro, the Philippines / Kenneth G. MacDicken -- The Naalad improved fallow system in the Philippines and its implications for global warming / Rodel D. Lasco -- Farmers' use of Sesbania grandiflora to intensify swidden agriculture in north central Timor, Indonesia / J.A.M. Kieft -- Alnus nepalensis-based agroforestry systems in Yunnan, southwest China / Guo Huijun, Xia Yongmei, and Christine Padoch -- Shifting forests in northeast India : management of Alnus nepalensis as an improved fallow in Nagaland / Malcolm Cairns, Supong Keitzar, and T. Amenba Yaden -- Managing the species composition of fallows in Papua New Guinea by planting trees / R. Michael Bourke -- Multipurpose trees as an improved fallow : an economic assessment / Peter Grist, Ken Menz, and Rohan Nelson -- Pruned-tree hedgerow fallow systems in Mindanao, the Philippines / Peter D. Suson, Dennis P. Garrity, and Rodel D. Lasco -- Teak production by shifting cultivators in northern Lao P.D.R. / Peter K. Hansen, Hounchitsavath Sodarak, and Sianouvong Savathvong -- Fallow management strategies in the borderlands of southwest China : the case of Cunninghamia lanceolata / Nicholas Menzies and Nicholas Tapp -- Indigenous fallow management with Melia azedarach Linn. in northern Vietnam / Tran Duc Vien -- Cost-benefit analysis of a Gmelina hedgerow improved fallow system in northern Mindanao, the Philippines / Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog, Canesio D. Predo, and Patrick M. Rocamora -- Innovations in swidden-based rattan cultivation by Benuaq-Dayak farmers in east Kalimantan, Indonesia / Hideyuki Sasaki -- Bamboo as a fallow crop on Timor Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia / Adbullah Bamualim ... [et al.] -- Indigenous management of paper mulberry in swidden rice fields and fallows in northern Lao P.D.R. / Keith Fahrney ... [et al.] -- The complex agroforests of the Iban of west Kalimantan and their possible role in fallow management and forest regeneration / Reed L. Wadley -- Does tree diversity affect soil fertility? : initial findings from fallow systems in west Kalimantan / Deborah Lawrence ... [et al.] -- Forest management and classification of fallows by Bidayuh farmers in west Kalimantan / Wil de Jong -- Indigenous fallow management on Yap Island / Marjorie V. Cushing Falanruw and Francis Ruegorong -- The Damar agroforests of Krui, Indonesia : justice for forest farmers / Geneviève Michon ... [et al.] -- Upland fallow management with Styrax tonkinensis for benzoin production in northern Lao P.D.R. / Manfred Fischer, Sianouvong Savathvong, and Khongsak Pinyopusarerk -- The Lemo system of lacquer agroforestry in Yunnan, China / Long Chun-Lin -- From shifting cultivation to sustainable jungle rubber : a history of innovations in Indonesia / Eric Penot -- Rubber plantations as an alternative to shifting cultivation in Yunnan, China / Guangxia Cao and Lianmin Zhang -- Ma Kwaen : a jungle spice used in swidden intensification in northern Thailand / Peter Hoare, Borpit Maneeratana, and Wichai Songwadhana -- Alnus-cardamom agroforestry : its potential for stabilizing shifting cultivation in the eastern Himalayas / Rita Sharma -- The Sagui Gru system : Karen fallow management practices to intensify land use in western Thailand / Payong Srithong -- Sandiu farmers' improvement of fallows on barren hills in northern Vietnam / Ta Long -- Strategies of Asian shifting cultivators in the intensification process / Dev Nathan, P.V. Ramesh, and Phrang Roy -- Rebuilding soil properties during the fallow : indigenous innovations in the highlands of Vietnam / Hoang Xuan Ty -- Rattan and tea-based intensification of shifting cultivation by Hani farmers in southwestern China / Xu Jianchu -- Indigenous fallow management systems in selected areas of the Cordillera, the Philippines / Florence M. Daguitan and Matthew Tauli -- Management systems in Occidental Mindoro, the Philippines / Michael Robotham -- Changes and innovations in the management of shifting cultivation land in Bhutan / T. Dukpa ... [et al.] -- Swidden agriculture in the highlands of Papua New Guinea / Bire Bino -- The problems of shifting cultivation in the central highlands of Vietnam / Phan Quoc Sung and Tran Trung Dung -- Some indigenous experiences in intensification of shifting cultivation in Vietnam / Tu Quang Hien -- Productive management of swidden fallows : market forces and institutional factors in Isabela, the Philippines / Paulo N. Pasicolan -- The feasibility of rattan cultivation within shifting cultivation systems : the role of policy and market institutions / Brian M. Belcher -- The role of land tenure in the development of cinnamon agroforestry in Kerinci, Sumatra / S. Suyanto, Thomas Tomich, and Keijiro Otsuka -- Effects of land allocation on shifting cultivators in Vietnam / Dinh Van Quang -- Managed fallow systems in the changing environment of central Sumatra, Indonesia / Silvia Werner -- Community-based natural resource management in northern Thailand / Thawatchai Rattanasorn and Oliver Puginier -- Observations on the role of improved fallow management in swidden agricultural systems / A. Terry Rambo.

Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming; Copyright; Contents ; Foreword; Preface; Maps of case studies ; Part I: Introduction ; 1. Challenges for Research and Development on Improving Shifting Cultivation Systems; 2. Working with and for Plants: Indigenous Fallow Management in Perspective ; 3. Conceptualizing Indigenous Approaches to Fallow Management: A Road Map to this Volume; Part II: Retention or Promotion of Volunteer Species with Economic or Ecological Value

Description / Table of Contents: 4. Relict Emergents in Swidden Fallows of the Lawa in Northern Thailand: Ecology and Economic Potential5. Successional Forest Development in Swidden Fallows of Different Ethnic Groups in Northern Thailand; 6. Kammu Fallow Management in Lao P.D.R., with Emphasis on Bamboo Use; 7. The Potential of Wild Vegetables as Permanent Crops or to Improve Fallows in Sarawak, Malaysia; 8. Commercialization of Fallow Species by Bidayuh Shifting Cultivators in Sarawak, Malaysia; 9. Wild Food Plants as Alternative Fallow Species in the Cordillera Region, the Philippines

Description / Table of Contents: 10. Farmer-Developed Forage Management Strategies for Stabilization of Shifting Cultivation Systems11. Managing Imperata Grasslands in Indonesia and Laos; 12. Natural Forest Regeneration from an Imperata Fallow: The Case of Pakhasukjai; 13. When Shifting Cultivators Migrate to the Cities, How Can the Forest be Rehabilitated?; Part III: Shrub-based Accelerated Fallows ; 14. Fallow Improvement with Chromolaena odorata in Upland Rice Systems of Northern Laos; 15. Management of Fallows Based on Austroeupatorium inulaefolium by Minangkabau Farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia

Description / Table of Contents: 16. Piper aduncum Fallows in the Lowlands of Papua New Guinea17. Management of Tecoma stans Fallows in Semi-arid Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia; 18. Improved Fallows Using a Spiny Legume, Mimosa invisa Martius ex Colla, in Western Leyte, the Philippines; 19. Management of Mimosa diplotricha var. inermis as a Simultaneous Fallow in Northern Thailand; Part IV: Herbaceous Legume Fallows ; 20. Growing Ya Zhou Hyacinth Beans in the Dry Season on Hainan Island, China; 21. Indigenous Fallow Management Based on Flemingia vestita in Northeast India

Description / Table of Contents: 22. Benefits of Phaseolus calcaratus in Upland Farming in Northern Vietnam23. Viny Legumes as Accelerated Seasonal Fallows: Intensifying Shifting Cultivation in Northern Thailand; Part V: Dispersed Tree-based Fallows ; 24. The Role of Leucaena in Swidden Cropping and Livestock Production in Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia; 25. Use of Leucaena leucocephala to Intensify Indigenous Fallow Rotations in Sulawesi, Indonesia; 26. Upland Rice Response to Leucaena leucocephala Fallows on Mindoro, the Philippines

Description / Table of Contents: 27. The Naalad Improved Fallow System in the Philippines and its Implications for Global Warming

Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Quick geographic reference for the book's chapters; 1. Introduction; A. Overview chapters: The context in which this book was prepared; (i) A backwards glance, over our shoulders . . .; 1. The view of swidden agriculture by the early naturalists Linnaeus and Wallace; 2. Shifting cultivators and the landscape: An essay through time; 3. Swiddens and fallows: Reflections on the global and local values of 'slash and burn' ; 4. Agroforestry pathways revisited: Voices from the past

Description / Table of Contents: 5. Shifting agriculture and its changes in Yunnan Province, China6. Swiddeners at the end of the frontier: Fifty years of globalization in Northern Thailand, 1963-2013 ; (ii) Looking towards the future . . .; 7. The future of swidden cultivation; 8. Shifting agriculture and fallow management options: Where do we stand?; 9. Chena cultivation in Sri Lanka: Prospects for agroforestry interventions; 10. Learning from migratory agriculture around the world to improve both swidden and modern agriculture in Southeast Asia

Description / Table of Contents: 11. Learning to cope with rapid change: Evergreen agriculture transformations and insights between Africa and Asia2. Is shifting cultivation really the 'bogeyman' of climate change and biodiversity loss?; A. Shifting cultivation in an era of climate change; 12. Swidden transitions in an era of climate-change debate; 13. Climate change: Adaptation, mitigation and transformations of swidden landscapes: Are we throwing the baby out with the bathwater?; 14. Best REDD scenario: Reducing climate change in alliance with swidden communities and indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia

Description / Table of Contents: 15. Earning carbon credits through fallow management on lands affected by shifting cultivation in northeast India16. Formal and indigenous forest-management systems in Central Vietnam: Implications and challenges for REDD+ ; 17. Changing strategies of shifting cultivators to match a changing climate; 18. Fallows and flooding: A case study on the potential contribution of fallows to flood mitigation; 19. Dynamics of an island agroecosystem: Where to now?; B. Is shifting cultivation friend or foe to biodiversity?

Description / Table of Contents: 20. Second thoughts on secondary forests: Can swidden cultivation be compatible with conservation?21. Biodiversity and swidden agroecosystems: An analysis and some implications; 22. Shifting cultivators, curators of forests and conservators of biodiversity: The Dayak of East Kalimantan, Indonesia; 23. Fallow-management practices among the Tangkhuls of Manipur: Safeguarding provisioning and regulatory services from shifting-cultivation fallows; 24. Some lesser known facts about jhum in Nagaland, northeast India

Description / Table of Contents: 25. Plant genetic diversity in farming systems and poverty alleviation in Vietnam's northern mountain region