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Its sweeping coverage of the Philippine landscape that includes the earliest contact with the West, the development of the trans-Pacific trade, incursions of the Catholic religion, integration into the Modern World system, and the extraordinary influences of centuries of typhoons has made for remarkable scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBy placing typhoons and associated hazards at the center of his historical focus, James Francis Warren presents a bold and innovative interpretation of Philippine pasts and futures, whereby the distinctions between natural hazards and natural disasters disappear. He gives a unique and long-term perspective on Philippine environmental and economic-social history through the lens of a recurrent extreme weather event extending all the way to the present, laying down the critical challenges that confront us in a globally warmer and more unpredictable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA very important reference material for all those interested in multidisciplinary approaches to environmental sciences, social sciences, economic and sociopolitical history, disaster risk management, and sustainable development,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTyphoons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an astonishing, panoramic, persuasive study of inestimable value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Francis Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e is an emeritus professor of modern Southeast Asian history at Murdoch University. 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In bestowing upon himself the power to grant and revoke logging licenses, Marcos deftly used the forests as a political tool. \u003cbr\u003eThe insurgency war had bred new logging interests—the rebels and the military who have made the forests their battleground and their sources of income. \u003cbr\u003eBut amid this gloomy foreboding, there are shafts of light. The Indigenous peoples and rural folk who have lived in or around these forests are starting to stir, as well as a growing number of nongovernmental organizations and concerned individuals. \u003cbr\u003eMarites Dañguilan Vitug harnesses her investigative skills to tell us the tragic story of the Philippine forests, the people who continue to plunder them and those who are trying to protect them. 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