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Socio-Environmental Dimensions of Oil Palm and Rubber Plantations
Southeast Asia in Transition
2021 Webinar Series
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Southeast Asian people have witnessed major transformations in their lives and livelihoods in recent decades. This webinar series focuses on a variety of issues, and most have a plastic connection. The first webinar introduces the expanding problem of plastic waste in the region and community and government action to reign it in. The following webinars discuss the growth of fisheries and aquaculture, the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations, and the politics of conservation and heritage areas. Our Fall 2021 webinar series explores how communities in the region currently experienced economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Speakers:
Vong NANHTHAVONG, Research Fellow, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) Country Office in Laos, University of Bern
Lisa KELLEY, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
Andini Desita EKAPUTRI (Sita), PhD Candidate, Natural Resources and Environmental Management Program, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Jean-Christophe DIEPART, Research Associate, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège (Belgium)
Moderator:
- Philip HIRSCH, Professor Emeritus of Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
Full Webinar Series Schedule
Panel 1 : Sept 22 – Plastics and Environmental Trash
Panel 2 : Oct 13 – Mekong Fisheries
Panel 3 : Nov 10 – Politics of Oil Palm and Rubber
Panel 4 : Dec 8 – Politics of Conservation and Heritage
This series is made possible through funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and is co-organized by Michigan State University-James Madison College and Asian Studies Center, the East-West Center, University of Hawai'i-Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and Chiang Mai University-Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development.
Socio-Environmental Dimensions of Oil Palm and Rubber Plantations
Southeast Asia in Transition
2021 Webinar Series
Click Here to Register
Southeast Asian people have witnessed major transformations in their lives and livelihoods in recent decades. This webinar series focuses on a variety of issues, and most have a plastic connection. The first webinar introduces the expanding problem of plastic waste in the region and community and government action to reign it in. The following webinars discuss the growth of fisheries and aquaculture, the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations, and the politics of conservation and heritage areas. Our Fall 2021 webinar series explores how communities in the region currently experienced economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Speakers:
Vong NANHTHAVONG, Research Fellow, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) Country Office in Laos, University of Bern
Lisa KELLEY, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
Andini Desita EKAPUTRI (Sita), PhD Candidate, Natural Resources and Environmental Management Program, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Jean-Christophe DIEPART, Research Associate, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège (Belgium)
Moderator:
- Philip HIRSCH, Professor Emeritus of Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
Full Webinar Series Schedule
Panel 1 : Sept 22 – Plastics and Environmental Trash
Panel 2 : Oct 13 – Mekong Fisheries
Panel 3 : Nov 10 – Politics of Oil Palm and Rubber
Panel 4 : Dec 8 – Politics of Conservation and Heritage
This series is made possible through funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and is co-organized by Michigan State University-James Madison College and Asian Studies Center, the East-West Center, University of Hawai'i-Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and Chiang Mai University-Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development.
