Histories (and the dead) in paths for a just future
Project leader Grace Wong shares her relfections from Oaxaca, Mexico, where the 5th Global land Programme was held.
ArcGIS Story – Feeling like a farmer
This ArcGIS Story, created by FairFrontiers researcher Wai Phyoe Maung, was made to share some preliminary insights from our ongoing research in Northern Laos. You can read his thoughts from his field trip there in this blog.
Amplifying Local Voices Through a Photovoice Exhibition: The Struggle Amid Expanding Land Boundaries
Read about the photovoice exhibition that was held in Bengo Bengo, South Sulawesi. The exhibition featured stories from local villages, giving a glimpse into the perspectives of locals, whose forests and lands are increasingly encroached by expanding forest boundaries and mining activities.
Rammang Rammang: A success story about a community’s resistance to defend their ancestral home
Research Associate Azwar Azmillah Sujaswara writes about the story of community resistance behind the beautiful landscape of Rammang Rammang in South Sulawesi.
Exploring Pitas, Sabah: Unequal Development and Ongoing Struggles
Researcher Andi Patiware Metaragakusuma writes her thoughts on the complex struggles surround customary land rights in Pitas, Sabah.
On the need for critical and decolonial research – Reflections from the 5th International Forest Policy Meeting
After attending IFPM5, Research Associate Ayami Kan reflects on the motivations and purposes for critical and decolonial research.
Journey to the frontier Laos: the land of rubber
Researcher Wai Phyoe Maung reflects from his trip in Laos, where the expansive rubber plantations left a deep impression on him.
Industrial Tree Plantations in Sabah: A Journey Towards Prosperity?
Are industrial tree plantations the answer for development in Sabah?
PhD Researcher Niina Pietarinen from University of Helsinki writes about the issues indigenous communities in Pitas, Sabah are facing in the midst of government plans to expand industrial tree plantations.
Embarking on a Wild Adventure in Search of Zebras
FairFrontiers researcher Alimata Sidibe writes her thoughts and observations from her field trip to Upemba National Park in DR Congo.
Pantu: ‘On a Journey through the Past’
Sarawak, to many Malaysians from the Peninsular, occupied most peoples’ mental and discursive spaces as ‘the frontier’, less developed, containing wild and exotic flora and fauna, resources to be exploited for the economic growth and development of the nation…