My fieldwork has been generously supported by a variety of different foundations and institutions.  In particular, I would like to thank the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for funding research in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam, the Overbrook Foundation for supporting my conservation efforts in Mexico and Brazil, the Committee for Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society for sponsoring fieldwork in Myanmar and Vietnam, the U.S. Agency for International Development Environment Program for funding some of my work in Indonesia, the National Science Foundation for funding conservation planning in the Indo-Burma region, blue moon fund and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for supporting the community-based resource management in Myanmar and Madagascar, IKEA for funding the sustainable use of rattan in Laos and Cambodia, and the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at Columbia University for supporting projects in Papua New Guinea and Myanmar and for allowing me to occasionally teach a class or two.  Palms together in gratitude to all.