Jungle Book: Thailand’s Politics, Moral Panic, and Plunder, 1996–2008 Selected Columns Ethnology And once again

And once again

one that I hope will inspire a ‘reinventing’ of Thai forestry that promotes the well being of both the forests and the people who live there

and environment

and torture

Uncovers a little-known group of pre-modern murals created by Lao villagers

Jungle Book: Thailand’s Politics, Moral Panic, and Plunder, 1996–2008 Selected Columns Ethnology And once againChang Noi (pseudonym) The coup leader who believed he was the reincarnation of an eighteenth century king. The godfather slashed to death by a machete on the orders of his son. The party boss who taught his followers how to negotiate corruption with hand signals. The general whose political career charts the destruction of Burmese forests. Thai politics often seem wild. For a dozen years, Chang Noi (the pseudonym means Little Elephant) has been