Story Map – Feeling like a farmer
This Story Map, created by FairFrontiers researcher Wai Phyoe Maung, was made to share some preliminary insights from our ongoing research in Northern Laos.
Interview Series: Tina Lain (Forgotten Parks/Upemba National Park)
Tina Lain is currently the Director and Site Manager at Upemba National Park, which is located in the southern part of DR Congo. She has worked in DRC for over 15 years, collaborating with conservation initiatives and local civil society organizations that focus on communities and conflict resolution. How do you see the frontiers? What does it mean to you?First, I always see the frontiers as a whole landscape, and not just the park. The frontiers are where the last habitats for wildlife are still intact, and ecosystems are still functioning. I also see, very visibly, that “development” is closing in towards these frontiers at a rapid pace. Every week, …
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Seminar: The Political Frontier: Bridging Political Economy & Political Ecology
24 January 2025 – Land Use Innovation International Seminar at RIHN, Japan
FairFrontiers Codebook for Media Analysis
This codebook provide guidance on coding for media analysis (specifically print media articles).
FairFrontiers Haiku
Read the winning pieces of the FairFrontiers Haiku Festival!
Paper: Fatal attraction to win-win-win? Debates and contestations in the media on Nature Conservation Agreement in Sabah, Malaysia
Kan, A., Brockhaus, M., John, G, Varkkey, H. (2024). Fatal attraction to win–win-win? Debates and contestations in the media on Nature Conservation Agreement in Sabah, Malaysia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 29 (77).
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.
Interview series: Anne Lasimbang (PACOS Trust)
Since learning about social issues as a university student, Anne Lasimbang has been involved in community organising for more than thirty years. These activities eventually led to the formation of PACOS Trust. As founder and head of PACOS Trust, Anne was invited to speak at the 2024 RIHN International Symposium to talk about the organisation’s involvement with indigenous communities in Sabah. How did you become involved in what you are doing today? I first started through student movements when I was in university. At university, you have the opportunity to learn about social issues and injustices, especially those in rural areas. The movement made me became more aware of issues …
Interview series: Aristide Chacgom (Green Development Advocates)
Since 2009, Green Development Advocates (GDA) has been advocating for local community and indigenous people’s rights in Southwest Cameroon, where the development of large-scale plantations as well as a conservation area have created various environmental and socio-economic pressures on these communities. During the project’s annual meeting in January 2023, we interviewed GDA’s coordinator, Aristide Chacgom. How did you get involved in GDA? I am an environmental lawyer and joined GDA after graduating from school, and I have been coordinating the activities in GDA since 2015…so that means it has been more than six years! What does GDA do? Beside advocacy work for local communities, we support them by introducing them …
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