International IUFRO Conference: Forest Governance, Policy, Economics, and beyond
9-11 Oct 2025
Beijing, China
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.
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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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.
Paper: Data and information in a political forest: The case of REDD+
Brockhaus, M., De Sy, V., Di Gregorio, M., Herold, M., Wong, G. Y., Ochieng, R., Angelsen, A. (2024). Data and information in a political forest: The case of REDD+. Forest Policy and Economics.
IUFRO Report: International Forests Governance: A critical review of trends, drawbacks, and new approaches
Kleinschmit, D., Wildburger, C., Grima, N., and Fisher, B. (eds.), 2024.
International Forest Governance: A Critical Review of Trends, Drawbacks, and New Approaches.
IUFRO World Series Volume 43. Vienna. 164p.
5th International Forest Policy Meeting
10-12 April 2024
Helsinki, Finland
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.
Research Brief Series 1 – When distal flows meet local realities
Ali, S. & Varkkey, H. (2023). When distal flows meet local realities. FairFrontiers Research Brief Series.
IASC Conference 2023
19 – 24 June 2023
Nairobi, Kenya