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.
Paper: The performance of global forest governance: Three contrasting perspectives
Bas Arts, Maria Brockhaus, Lukas Giessen, Constance L. McDermott. The performance of global forest governance: Three contrasting perspectives. 2024. Forest Policy and Economics,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103165.
Seminar: Methods for Examining Local Voices and Discourses Around Forest and Land Change in Sabah
23 January 2024 – Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Research Brief Series 2 – Gender & Intersectional Aspects in Scientific Research on Forest-Agriculture Frontiers
Kyntschl, H. (2023). FairFrontiers Research Brief Series.
Can REDD+ finance compete with established and emerging land investments? The case of Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Pietarinen, N., Koh, N. S., Ville, A., Brockhaus, M., Wong, G. (2023). Can REDD+ finance compete with established and emerging land investements? The case of Mai-Ndombe, DRC. CIFOR-ICRAF.
Presentation: Financial flows and diverging interests in frontier change and governance in Mai Ndombe, DR Congo
19 June 2023 – XIX Biennial IASC Conference at Nairobi, Kenya
Presentation: The many voices of resistance and legitimation in forest & “development” frontiers
23 June 2023 – XIX Biennial IASC Conference at Nairobi, Kenya
IASC Conference 2023
19 – 24 June 2023
Nairobi, Kenya
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…