1. Introduction

   EditorialNotes Pages: 5 - 7

2. The role of governments and international agencies in conservation and rural development

   • Raymond F. Dasmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 8 - 10

3. Natural biological compounds traditionally used as pesticides and medicines

   • Sasongko S. Adisewojo
   • Sidik Tjokronegoro
   • Rukmiati Tjokronegoro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 14

4. Pranatamangsa, the Javanese agricultural calendar—Its bioclimatological and sociocultural function in developing rural life

   • N. Daldjoeni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 18

5. Traditional classification of plants

   • Gembong Tjitrosoepomo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 21

6. Traditional conservation and utilization of wildlife in Papua New Guinea

   • Navu Kwapena

   OriginalPaper Pages: 22 - 26

7. A house is a tiny world

   • Aminuddin Ponulele

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 29

8. Marine conservation in relation to traditional life-styles of tropical artisanal fishermen

   • R. E. Johannes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 30 - 35

9. Aboriginal people — Guardians of a Heritage

   • J. D. Ovington

   OriginalPaper Pages: 36 - 39

10. The role of religion in conservation

    • J. M. Boyd

    OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 44

11. Eco-ethics as the foundation of conservation

    • Henryk Skolimowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 51

12. Conservation: Not by skill alone. The importance of a workable concept in the conservation of nature

    • Herman D. Rijksen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 59

13. Conservation and rural development: Towards an integrated approach

    • J. Hanks

    OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 67

14. The role of tropical forestry in conservation and rural development

    • Gerardo Budowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 76

15. The study of non-timber forest products

    • Marius Jacobs

    BriefCommunication Pages: 77 - 79

16. Watersheds and rural development planning

    • Lawrence S. Hamilton
    • Peter N. King

    OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 86

17. The impact of development on interactions between people and forests in East Kalimantan: A comparison of two areas of Kenyah dayak settlement

    • K. Kartawinata
    • H. Soedjito
    • C. J. P. Colfer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 95

18. The talun-kebun system, a modified shifting cultivation, in West Java

    • Otto Soemarwoto

    BriefCommunication Pages: 96 - 98

19. Ecological guidelines and traditional empiricism in rural development acknowledgements

    • L. J. Webb
    • D. M. Smyth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 105

20. Acknowledgements

    Acknowledgments Pages: 107 - 107