Publications – FairFrontiers

Policy forum: Indigenous forest rights at a crossroads? A critical look at Indonesia’s planned forestry law amendment
Sahide, M.A.K, Abdullah, A., Moeliono, M. (2026). Policy forum: Indigenous forest rights at a crossroads? A critical look at Indonesia’s planned forestry law amendment. Forest Policy and Economics
Paper: The SPA-cube framework: An integrated approach for analysing power dynamics in environmental governance
Sahide, M.A.K., Siswandi, S., Sirimorok, N., Fisher, M.R., Wong, G. Y., Brockhaus, M. (2026). The SPA-cube framework: An integrated approach for analysing power dynamics in environmental governance. MethodsX.
Paper: Masculinities in Conservation Science, Policy and Practice:A Qualitative Systematic Review
West, S., O. Lilford, V. Masterson, Ambjornsson, E.L., Austin, B., Buscher, B., Campbell, L-B., Graham, M., Lahiri-Dutt, K., Schultz, L., Spierenburg, M., Wong, G., Wyborn, C. (2026). “ Masculinities in Conservation Science, Policy and Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review.” Conservation Letters.
A Critical Review of the Legislation on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples
Nkongolo J.F.M., Tshibanda C.M., Ndilu F., Lumbala J.P., Koskinen, E., Sidibe, A., Brockhaus M., Wong G.Y. (2025) A critical Review of the legislation on the protection and promotion of the rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples (Law No. 22/030 of July 15, 2022) in DR Congo. CERIDAC & Fair Frontiers, Kinshasa, DR Congo.
IPBES Nexus Assessment: Chapter 6 – Options for delivering sustainable approaches to public and private finance for biodiversity-related elements of the nexus
Chapter 6 from Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Paper: Sequencing the political forest: Power, exclusion, and the corporate hijacking of social forestry in Indonesia
Saputra, I., Faturachmat, F., Faradiba Muin., A. V., Sirimorok, N., Sahide, M. A. K. (2025). Sequencing the political forest: Power, exclusion, and the corporate hijacking of social forestry in Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics.
Paper: Follow the money: Can REDD+ finance compete with established and emerging land investments in Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo?
Koh, N. S., Pietarinen, N., Ville, A., Kengoum, F., Wong, G. Y., Brockhaus, M. (2025). Follow the money: Can REDD+ finance compete with established and emerging land investments in Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of Congo? Forest Policy and Economics.
Paper: Rural Lives and Perceived Well-being in Commercializing Landscapes of Northern Laos
Maung, W.P., Vanhnasin, Y., Thongmanivong, S., Metaragakusuma, A.P., Sidibe, A., Wong, G.Y. (2025). Rural Lives and Perceived Well-being in Commercializing Landscapes of Northern Laos. Wellbeing, Space and Society.
Paper: Forest land deals, resistance, and legitimisation – a comparative analysis of discourse coalitions and silent actors in Cameroon and Malaysia
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.
Paper: Perceived ecosystem service bundles across forested landscapes in transition: A case study in southern Cameroon
Hepp, C.M., Dhiaulhaq, A., Adjoffoin, L.M. Ehowe, C., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Bruun, T.B. (2025). Perceived ecosystem service bundles across forested landscapes in transition: A case study in southern Cameroon. Ambio.
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).
Book review: Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development
Wong, G. Y. (2024). Review of Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development. Chun Sheng Goh and Lesley Potter. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.
Paper: Radical incrementalism: hydropolitics and environmental discourses in Laos
Koh, N. S., Wong, G. Y., & Hahn, T. (2024). Radical incrementalism: hydropolitics and environmental discourses in Laos. Environmental Politics, 1–23.
Paper: When Policies Problematize the Local: Social-Environmental Justice and Forest Policies in Burkina Faso and Vietnam
Wong, G. Y., Karambiri, M., Thu Thuy, P. ., Ville, A., Hoang, T. L., Linh, C. D. T., Downing, A., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., & Brockhaus, M. (2024). When Policies Problematize the Local: Social-Environmental Justice and Forest Policies in Burkina Faso and Vietnam. Forest and Society, 8(1), 296-313.
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.
Paper: The political economy of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon
Sánchez García, P & Wong, G. (2024, 3 23). The political economy of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Journal of Political Ecology 31(1) :178–199. doi: 10.2458/jpe.5230
Paper: Environmental Justice and Human Well-being Bundles in Protected Areas: An Assessment in Campo Ma’an Landscape, Cameroon
Dhiaulhaq, A., Hepp, C. M., Adjoffoin, L. M., Ehowe, C., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Wong, G. Y. (2024). Environmental justice and human well-being bundles in protected areas: An assessment in Campo Ma’an landscape, Cameroon. Forest Policy and Economics.
Book chapter: Crises, Complexities and Claims in Protected Areas – Landscape of (In) Coherent Biodiversity Governance and Social-Environmental Injustice in Southwest Cameroon
Assembe-Mvondo, S., Tieguhong, J. C., Wong, G., & Brockhaus, M. (2023) Crises, complexities and claims in protected areas: Landscapes of (in)coherent biodiversity governance and social-environmental injustice in Southwest Cameroon. In Ongolo, S., & Krott, M. (Eds.) Power Dynamics in African Forests: The Politics of Global Sustainability (1st ed.). Routledge, London.
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.
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.
Paper: Carbon footprint of shifting cultivation landscapes: current knowledge, assumptions and data gaps
Bruun, T.B & Hepp, C. M. (2023). Carbon Footprints.
Paper: Blind-spots and spotlights in bureaucratic politics: An analysis of policy co-production in environmental governance dynamics in Indonesia
Sahide, M.A.K., Fisher, M.R., Sirimorok, N., Faturachmat, F., Dhiaulhaq, A., Maryudi, A., Batiran, K.B., Spratman, S. (2023). Blind-spots and spotlights in bureaucratic politics: An analysis of policy co-production in environmental governance dynamics in Indonesia. Development Policy Review.
Paper: An overview of interactions between wildlife and forest illegalities in Cameroon
Assembe-Mvondo, S. & Kan, A.. (2022). An overview of interactions between wildlife and forest illegalities. International Forestry Review.
Book chapter: State of Congo Basin Forests on Local Communities and Indigenous Rights in Central Africa
Tsanga, R., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Lescuyer, G., Vermeulen, C., Wardell, D. A., Kalenga, M-A., Boutinot, L., Oyono, P. R., Walters, G., Hymas, O., Abanda Ngono, F., Nguinguiri, J-C., Sartoretto, E., Ratiarison, S. (2022). State of Congo Basin Forests on Local Communities and Indigenous Rights in Central Africa. Congo Basin Forests – State of the Forests 2021
Paper: The making of resource frontier spaces in the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia: A critical analysis of narratives, actors and drivers in the scientific literature
Wong, G. T., Holm, M., Pietarinen, N., Ville, A., Brockhaus, M. (2022). The making of resource frontier spaces in the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia: A critical analysis of narratives, actors and drivers in the scientific literature. World Development Perspectives.
Paper: The forest frontier in the Global South: Climate change policies and the promise of development and equity
Brockhaus, M., Di Gregorio, M., Djoudi, H., Moeliono, M., Pham, T. T. & Wong, G. Y. (2021). Global Forest Environmental Frontiers.
Paper: When the whole is less than the sum of all parts – Tracking global-level impacts of national sustainability initiatives
Downing, A., Wong, G. Y., Dyer, M., Aguiar, A. P., Selomane, O., Aceituno, A. J. (2021). When the whole is less than the sum of all parts – Tracking global-level impacts of national sustainability initiatives. Global Environmental Change.