Story Map – Who owns the land?

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This Story Map is about how plantations in Pitas, Sabah transformed communal forests into restricted, managed landscapes, and how this has impacted the communities there.

Paper: Forest land deals, resistance, and legitimisation – a comparative analysis of discourse coalitions and silent actors in Cameroon and Malaysia

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Brockhaus, M., Kan, A., Mfoulou, A., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Chacgom, A., Thomas, G. J., Naito, D., Varkkey, H., Wong, G. Y. (2025). Forest land deals, resistance, and legitimisation – a comparative analysis of discourse coalitions and silent actors in Cameroon and Malaysia. Third World Quarterly, 1–22.

Interview series: Anne Lasimbang (PACOS Trust)

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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 …

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