The Indonesian term adat means 'custom; or 'tradition', and carries connotations of sedate order and harmony
Issues like logging, forest fires, wildlife protection, population growth, pollution and sustainable development have drawn widespread attention in recent years to the pro- blematic relationship between people and environment in Southeast Asia. But too much of what has so far passed for the 'historical background' to Indonesia's envi- ronmental problems has consisted of little more than thinly …