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UID:the-politics-and-governance-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia-1
SUMMARY:The Politics and Governance of Palm Oil Expansion in Southeast Asia (1)
LOCATION:Room 1.404
DESCRIPTION:The current palm oil boom is arguably one of the most rapid agr
 o-environmental transformations in modern history. The rapid expansion of o
 il palm expansion is beset with problems, ranging from deforestation and fo
 rest fires to pollution and conflicts between companies and rural communiti
 es over access to land. Governments from Malaysia and Indonesia to Thailand
 , the Philippines and Papua New Guinea are struggling to deal with these ch
 allenges. The palm oil industry has adopted multi-stakeholder initiatives l
 ike the RSPO to improve (the image of) palm oil production, while rural com
 munities throughout Southeast Asia are mobilising to pressurize companies a
 nd powerholders to address their grievances. At the same time palm oil expa
 nsion has generated informal, collusive connections between palm oil compan
 ies and political actors which has greatly complicated such efforts.\n\nThi
 s panel aims to bring together studies on the varied character of these res
 ponses to palm oil expansion in different Southeast Asian countries. While 
 there is a considerable literature on the governance of palm oil expansion,
  comparative studies have been scarce. Yet an understanding of (the effects
  of) palm oil expansion call for as comparative approach: as similar proble
 ms land in countries with different political, legal and societal settings,
  it provides a unique opportunity to study how these local contexts shape t
 he different ways in which countries (fail to) manage the growth of oil pal
 m plantations. When and under what conditions can rural communities succeed
  in addressing their grievances vis-à-vis palm oil companies? How do differ
 ing political contexts in Indonesia or Malaysia affect the capacity of gove
 rnments to prevent deforestations and forest fires? And in what ways do dif
 fering legal regimes regarding (communal) land rights affect the politics o
 f palm oil expansion? By bringing together informed (case-) studies from ac
 ross Southeast Asia, this panel aims to take up such questions to better un
 derstand how the character of local politics and governance shapes palm oil
  expansion.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-politics-and-governance-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T150000
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DTSTAMP:20260405T202600
UID:the-politics-and-governance-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia-2
SUMMARY:The Politics and Governance of Palm Oil Expansion in Southeast Asia (2)
LOCATION:Room 1.404
DESCRIPTION:The current palm oil boom is arguably one of the most rapid agr
 o-environmental transformations in modern history. The rapid expansion of o
 il palm expansion is beset with problems, ranging from deforestation and fo
 rest fires to pollution and conflicts between companies and rural communiti
 es over access to land. Governments from Malaysia and Indonesia to Thailand
 , the Philippines and Papua New Guinea are struggling to deal with these ch
 allenges. The palm oil industry has adopted multi-stakeholder initiatives l
 ike the RSPO to improve (the image of) palm oil production, while rural com
 munities throughout Southeast Asia are mobilising to pressurize companies a
 nd powerholders to address their grievances. At the same time palm oil expa
 nsion has generated informal, collusive connections between palm oil compan
 ies and political actors which has greatly complicated such efforts.\n\nThi
 s panel aims to bring together studies on the varied character of these res
 ponses to palm oil expansion in different Southeast Asian countries. While 
 there is a considerable literature on the governance of palm oil expansion,
  comparative studies have been scarce. Yet an understanding of (the effects
  of) palm oil expansion call for as comparative approach: as similar proble
 ms land in countries with different political, legal and societal settings,
  it provides a unique opportunity to study how these local contexts shape t
 he different ways in which countries (fail to) manage the growth of oil pal
 m plantations. When and under what conditions can rural communities succeed
  in addressing their grievances vis-à-vis palm oil companies? How do differ
 ing political contexts in Indonesia or Malaysia affect the capacity of gove
 rnments to prevent deforestations and forest fires? And in what ways do dif
 fering legal regimes regarding (communal) land rights affect the politics o
 f palm oil expansion? By bringing together informed (case-) studies from ac
 ross Southeast Asia, this panel aims to take up such questions to better un
 derstand how the character of local politics and governance shapes palm oil
  expansion.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-politics-and-governance-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T170000
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