This book is concerned with Western activity in the southeast Asia and the indigenous
reaction to it. It deals with the traditions of the people of Southeast Asia, traditions that, apply …

The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has generated a large and growing
number of protests against palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. So far, these …

Borderland regions in Southeast Asia have increasingly been reimagined as resource-rich,
unexploited 'wastelands' targeted for large-scale development schemes for economic …

Ethnic minority households in upland northern Vietnam are shaping culturally appropriate
rural livelihoods in highly pragmatic ways, as they negotiate the everyday realities of …

Over the last decade, there have been considerable concerns raised regarding the social
and environmental impacts of large-scale land concessions for plantation development in …

What capacity do smallholders have to influence key decisions in large-scale land deals to
their own advantage, in particular in their own localities? Though the cards are stacked …

Agricultural intensification is at the core of the current agrarian transition in Southeast Asia.
New crop varieties promise higher productive outputs, but depend on significant increases …

In the Philippines, green economy projects encourage the production of agro-industrial
commodities ostensibly for climate change mitigation, environmental rehabilitation, and …

Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in
reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same …

In the complex agro-ecological conditions of Vietnam's northern borderlands, attempts by
ethnic minority farmers to create sustainable livelihoods, along with the impacts of state …