Southern Thailand is a region of fascinating contrasts between cultures (Malay and Thai), religions (Muslim and Buddhist), economies (fishing, paddy and swidden farming, and plantations of rubber and coconut trees), and environments (coastal/inland, lowland/highland, natural/anthropogenic, sacred/secular). This paper reports on the progress of an ongoing multidisciplinary team study comparing coastal and interior pairs of adjacent Muslim and Buddhist villages through examining how ecology, nutrition, subsistence, economy, society, and religion are related to terrestrial wildlife exploitation.
