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.
Some thoughts and observations by our project members from the field
Researcher Wai Phyoe Maung reflects from his trip in Laos, where the expansive rubber plantations left a deep impression on him.
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.
FairFrontiers researcher Alimata Sidibe writes her thoughts and observations from her field trip to Upemba National Park in DR Congo.
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…
Researcher Niina Pietarinen, who was with FairFrontiers researchers during their first trip to Cameroon, explains some of the implications of land grabbing for local communities in West Cameroon in a blog post published by the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation.
A blog post at the Stockholm Resilience Centre talks about the paper “Scientific narratives risk reinforcing colonial structures in tropical forests.”
It was just before mid-day in May 2022 when we arrive at the Bengoh Dam, after about an hour’s drive from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak..
We walk, single file, past patches of thick fallow dominated by various species of bamboos…