Sex: Male
Education:
- University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Science in Forestry
- University of the Philippines, Master of Science in Forestry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders 640, Honolulu, HI 96822, Master of Arts in Political Science
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders 640, Honolulu, HI 96822, Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
Field of Specialization:
Biology (Fishes), Fisheries (ichthyology)
Researches:
Lebel, L., Garden, P., Banaticla, M.R.N., Lasco, R.D., Contreras, A., Mitra, A.P., Sharma, C., Nguyen, H.T., Ooi, G.L., & Sari, A., (2007) Management into the Development Strategies of Urbanizing Regions in Asia: Implications of Urban Function, Form, and Role
Journal of Industrial Ecology Volume 11, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (2004) Creating space for local forest management: the case of the Philippines
Local forest management: the impacts of devolution policies
Utting, P., Bagadion Jr., B.C., Contreras, A.P., Leonen, M.M.V.F., Malayang III, B.S., Severino, H.G., & Vitug, M.D., (2000) Forest policy and politics in the Philippines: the dynamics of participatory conservation
Forest policy and politics in the Philippines: the dynamics of participatory conservation
Bai, X., Wieczorek, A.J., Kaneko, S., Lisson, S., & Contreras, A.P., (2009) Enabling sustainability transitions in Asia: the importance of vertical and horizontal linkages
Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 76, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (2000) Rethinking participation and empowerment in the uplands
Forest policy and politics in the Philippines: the dynamics of participatory conservation, Ateneo De Manila University Press, Quezon City
Contreras, A.P., (2003) Creating space for local forest management in the Philippines
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), De La Salle University Press
Lebel, L., Contreras, A., Pasong, S., & Garden, P., (2004) Nobody knows best: alternative perspectives on forest management and governance in Southeast Asia
International Environmental Agreements Volume 4, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (2013) The kingdom and the republic: forest governance and political transformation in Thailand and the Philippines
Philosophy East and West
Contreras, A.P., & Vargas, M.T., (2001) Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Forest Policy Reforms in Bolivia
CIFOR/Forest Trends, Bogor, Indonesia
Contreras, A.P., (1991) The political economy of state environmentalism: The hidden agenda and its implications on transnational development in the Philippines
Capitalism Nature Socialism Volume 2, No. 1
Contreras, A.P., (1989) The discourse of development: Some implications of local power/knowledge in the Philippine Uplands
Philippine Sociological Review, The Philippine Sociological Society Volume 37, No. 1/2
Contreras, A.P., (2002) Locating the political in the ecological: globalization, state-civil society articulations, and environmental governance in the Philippines
De La Salle University Press
Contreras, A.P., (2001) Forests as social construction: Political ecological reflections on the production of knowledge in forest management and governance
International Studies Association Conference
Contreras, A.P., (2002) Role of Civil Societies in Transboundary Common Property Resource Governance in Southeast Asia
Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)
Contreras, A.P., (2000) State-civil society interactions in forest governance in Southeast Asia: implications for environmental security
East-West Center Working Papers, Environment Series (USA)
Contreras, A.P., (2009) The discourse and politics of resistance in the Philippine uplands
Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies Volume 7, No. 4
Lasco, R., Lebel, L., Sari, A., Mitra, A.P., Tri, N.H., Ling, O.G., & Contreras, A.P., (2004) Integrating Carbon Management into Development Strategies of Cities-Establishing a Network of Case Studies of Urbanisation in Asia Pacific
Final Report for Asia-Pacific Network project
Contreras, A.P., (2004) State-civil society relations and forest governance in Thailand and the Philippines
Draft Paper, Manila: De La Salle University. Mimeo
Contreras, A.P., (2003) Creating space for local forest management in the Philippines: a synthesis
Creating Space for Local Forest Management
Contreras, A.P., (1999) Globalization, the State and Civil Society, and the Politics of Identity in the Context of Environmental Governance
Kasarinlan: A Philippine Journal of Third World Studies Volume 14, No. 3
Contreras, A.P., (1998) Imagining a Filipino political ecology: a critical analysis of the prospects for political science in environmental studies in the Philippines
Journal of Environmental Science and Management (Philippines)
Contreras, A.P., (2004) Civil society, environmental security and knowledge: forest governance in Thailand and the Philippines in the context of ASEAN
International Environmental Agreements Volume 4, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (1990) Discourse, politics and structure of upland development in the Philippines
Forestry Development Center, University of the Philippines Los Baños , No. 29
Contreras, A.P., (2002) Polity Beyond the State: "Postmodernizing" Political Science in the Philippines
Philippine Political Science Journal Volume 23, No. 46
Contreras, A.P., Lebel, L., & Pas-Ong, S., (2001) The political economy of tropical and boreal forests
Dartmouth College
Contreras, A.P., (1994) The two faces of environmentalism: the case of the Philippines
Capitalism Nature Socialism Volume 5, No. 3
Contreras, A.P., (1991) Genealogy and Critique of the Upland Development Discourse'
Philippines Journal of Public Administration Volume 35
Contreras, A.P., (2012) Political Ideologies of Western Feminism in the Context of the Women's Movement in the Philippines
Review of Women's Studies Volume 2, No. 2
Lebel, L., Xu, J., & Contreras, A.P., (2006) Institutional Dynamics and Stasis: How Crises Alter the Way Common Pool Resources are Perceived, Used and Governed
Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Contreras, A.P., (1991) Power and discourse: development from the world system to the Philippine uplands
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Contreras, A.P., (2011) Investigating Postmodern Politics in the Philippines Using Reflexivity Theory
Philippine Political Science Journal Volume 32, No. 55
Contreras, A.P., (2010) Engaging the Language, Culture and Politics in the Philippine Homeland from the Imaginations of Selected Filipino-American Students at the University of Hawai'i
Asia-Pacific Social Science Review Volume 10, No. 1
Bastakoti, R.C., Lebel, L., Dore, J., Contreras, A.P., & Jianchu, X., (2008) Collective action in water management through regional networks: Critical reflections from M-POWER experiences
CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Contreras, A.P., (2004) Community-led Watershed-based Water Resources Management: The Case of Balian, Pangil, Laguna
Philippine Institute for Development Studies , No. DP 2004-20
Contreras, A.P., (2003) Civil Society and Forest Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards an Alternative Model in Addressing Trans-boundary Forest-related Conflicts
Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network , No. 6
Contreras, A.P., (2003) The Transformation of Politics and the Politics of Transformation
COMMONPLACES AND COMPARISONS
O'Connor, J., Contreras, A., Escudero, J.C., & Garcia, M.P., (1998) Jeffrey sachs on nature and economic development: Four critiques
Capitalism Nature Socialism Volume 9, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (1997) Policy issues and needs in indigenous knowledge systems in forestry
Seminar-Workshop on the Application of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Sustainable Upland Development, College, Laguna (Philippines), 17-19 Oct 1995
Contreras, A.P., (1996) Women in Philippine forestry: some issues and concerns
ASEAN Social Forestry Seminar, Tagaytay (Philippines), 4-6 Dec 1995
Contreras, A.P., (2014) Sexualized Bodies of the Filipino: Pleasure and Desire as Everyday Truth and Knowledge
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Contreras, A.P., (2013) Everyday university politics in the Philippines: a tale of two universities
Philippine Political Science Journal Volume 34, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (2013) Upland Agriculture in the Philippines: Issues and Directions Towards the Attainment of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) Goals
Ecosystems and Development Journal Volume 4, No. 1
Palis, F.G., Sumalde, Z.M., Torres, C.S., Contreras, A.P., & Datar, F.A., (2013) Impact Pathway Analysis of ACIAR's Investment in Rodent Control in Vietnam, Lao PDR and Cambodia
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Impact Assessment Series 83
Contreras, A.P., (2012) Socio-economic Impacts, Social Inclusion, and Science-Policy Interphase: The Case of Rice Biotechnology in the Philippines
Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, De La Salle University Volume 12, No. 1
Datoon, R., Palis, F., Contreras, A., & Tanzo, I., (2012) Multi-stakeholder approach for rice technology extension: the case of Agusan del Norte [Philippines]
Philippine Journal of Crop Science (Philippines) Volume 37, No. Supplement
Contreras, A.P., (2010) 8 Inquiring into a parallel other
Alterities in Asia: Reflections on Identity and Regionalism
Contreras, A.P., (2010) Female Warriors in GMA TV Fantasy Programs vis-? -vis the Fantasy Wars of GMA the President: Reflections on Simulated Women Engaged in Simulated Violence
IDEYA: Journal of the Humanities Volume 9, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (2010) The Republic and the Kingdom: A Filipino Postmodern Reflection on Thailand as a Parallel Other
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Contreras, A.P., (2009) Governance in a Postmodern World: Challenges for Philippine Science and Politics
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Contreras, A.P., (2010) Politics beyond the State: An Inquiry into the Politics of Filipino Everyday and Ordinary Lives
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Contreras, A.P., (2010) Building Communities and Simulating the Nation: Politics of Engaging the "Other" in the First Season of Survivor Philippines
Philippine Political Science Journal Volume 31, No. 54
Contreras, A.P., (2009) Globalization, the Political Theory of the State and Civil Society, and the Politics of Identity in the Context of Environmental Governance
Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies Volume 14, No. 3
Contreras, A.P., (2007) Virtual Thailand: The Media and Cultural Politics in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore (Glen Lewis)
Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies Volume 21, No. 2
Contreras, A.P., (2007) Local Institutions at the Crossroads of Environmental Regionalism in Southeast Asia: State-Civil Society Interplays and Tensions
Philippine Political Science Journal Volume 28, No. 51
Contreras, A.P., (2006) Local Institutions at the Crossroads of Environmental and Natural Resources Governance in Southeast Asia: State-Civil Society Interfaces and Tensions in the Context of Regionalism
Paper presented at SEAGA Conference Volume 28
Contreras, A.P., (2004) Winning the Water Wars: Toward a Watershed-based Approach to Watershed Resources Management: A Policy Agenda for Local Government Units
Philippine Institute for Development Studies , No. DP 2004-25
Contreras, A.P., (2004) Realities of a Watershed Management Approach in the Philippines: A Framework for Case Analysis
Philippine Institute for Development Studies , No. DP 2004-19
Contreras, A.P., (2004) Where do we go from here in terms of the water policy agenda? Epilogue
Philippine Institute for Development Studies; Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development
Edmunds, D., Wollenberg, E., Contreras, A.P., Liu Dachang, Kelkar, G., Nathan, D., Sarin, M., & Singh, N.M., (2003) Local forest management: conclusion
Local forest management: the impacts of devolution policies. London, UK, Earthscan Publications
Contreras, A.P., (2000) Forest Policy in Southeast Asia: Implications for ASEAN and Asia-Europe Cooperation
Population, food, energy, and the environment: challenges to Asia-Europe cooperation
Contreras, A.P., (1999) Globalization, global climate change and the financial crisis: some implications for environmental and forest governance in the Philippines
Forest and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Contreras, A.P., (1999) Imagining a Filipino Political Ecology: A Critical Analysis of the Prospects for Political Science in Environmental Studies
The Philippine Social Sciences in the Life of the Nation: Enriching each other: the encounter of the social sciences and other branches of knowledge Volume 2
Contreras, A.P., & Duhaylungsod, L.A., (1999) Changing Theories and Practices: A Synthesis of the Role of Social Science in the Environment
The Philippine Social Sciences in the Life of the Nation: Enriching each other: the encounter of the social sciences and other branches of knowledge Volume 2
Contreras, A.P., (1998) Globalization, the political theory of the state and civil society, and the politics of identity: some implications for environmental resources governance
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Contreras, A.P., (1998) Philosophical basis for forestry governance: critique and reformulation from a political ecology perspective
FDC General Technical Report Series (Philippines)
Malayang III, B.S., Ranola Jr., R.F., Zamora, O.B., Contreras, A.P., Cuevas, R.E., Espaldon, M.V.O., Flor, A.G., Ruscoe, M.T., Ongkiko, I.V.C., & Duma, J.C., (1996) GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]-WTO [World Trade Organization] and the Philippine environment: policy safeguards to ensure an environment-friendly competitiveness in world trade
ERMP Reports (Philippines) Volume 31
Contreras, A.P., (1996) Women farmers of Sta. Catalina, Atimonan [Quezon Province, Philippines]
ASEAN Social Forestry Seminar, Tagaytay (Philippines), 4-6 Dec 1995
Contreras, A.P., (1994) Stategies to incorporate gender issues in curricular programs of forestry and natural resources
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Contreras, A.P., (1993) Politics of Environmentalism in the Philippines: Issues in Decolonization and Resistance
Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines College Baguio
Contreras, A.P., (2014) GOING BEYOND PARTNERSHIPS: Multi-Stakeholder Platforms as Opportunities
Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc., 66th Anniversary National Convention and Seminar-Workshop