Sustainability

This paper analyses the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts of oil palm development in the Prafi Plain of Manokwari District in West Papua Province. The research found benefits such as infrastructure development, higher incomes for local stakeholders and negative consequences from conflicts between immigrant workers and the local population. (Working Paper, 30 pages)

In the present book the authors – a biologist and an agricultural economist- describe a global and complex tropical sector, for which the interests of the many different stakeholders are often antagonistic. (Book, 69 pages)

The rising interest in oil palm plantations in Papua presents potential opportunities but also poses challenges. Drawing on research findings from Boven Digoel District, one of the key areas for oil palm expansion in Papua, this paper illustrates the dilemma of plantation development in the region by examining the social, economic and environmental impacts. (Working paper, […]

by Hannah Watson  A fire rages, not only clearing large swathes of forest, but also threatening a protected area nearby. Managers are largely powerless to control the fires outside their site boundaries. A new dam is constructed on a river, starving a downstream protected wetland of the sediment and nutrients it needs to survive, so […]

Are you interested in joining the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum? Subscribe to our newsletter to not miss any updates. By Ayesha Constable, University of the West Indies and Youth Facilitator on the post-2015 Development Agenda Being a member of the Global Landscapes Forum team was a great honor- put simply, it was a big deal. […]

  In two blogs from the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, the Justin Catanoso from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting featured the event in the National Geographic, portraying Unilever CEO Paul Polman and human rights activist Bianca Jagger. Catanoso praises Polman as “one of the greenest CEOs” who understands the challenges of climate change and […]