The biodiversity and climate consequences of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) expansion
across South East Asia have received considerable attention. The human side of the issue …

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply
the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture …

As new mechanisms for" reducing emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation"(REDD) are being negotiated in international climate change talks, resource …

Using the example of smallholder oil-palm production in Papua New Guinea, this article
illustrates how elements of a market economy and modernity become enmeshed and partly …

Remote sensing is increasingly used by policy-makers and conservationists to identify
conservation priorities and changes in land cover. This is particularly important in the …

The severe tensions between conservation and development are illustrated by events in
Malinau Dstrict (Kalimantan, Indonesia). Conservationists decry proposed plans for logging …

Since the establishment of oil palm land settlement schemes (LSSs) in West New Britain
Province, Papua New Guinea, the settler population has increased significantly as second …

In this paper we address the question of 'what next after poststructuralism'through a
reassessment of area studies. In a narrative of our own involvement with place-oriented …

Oil palms are ubiquitous—grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with
more edible fat than any other plant and play a role in scores of packaged products, from …

This study examines Indigenous Fijian and Papua New Guinean enterprises on customary
land. It explores the duality of merging Indigenous and Western principles of …