Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately
harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege …

Rising global demand for vegetable oil during the last few decades has led to a drastic
increase in the land area under oil palm. Especially in Southeast Asia, the oil palm boom …

The mangrove forests of Southeast Asia are highly biodiverse and provide multiple
ecosystem services upon which millions of people depend. Mangroves enhance fisheries …

The expansion of capitalism produces contests over the definition and control of resources.
On a global scale, new patterns of resource exploration, extraction, and commodification …

New plantations can either cause deforestation by replacing natural forests or avoid this by
using previously cleared areas. The extent of these two situations is contested in tropical …

Activists have exposed startling forms of labor exploitation and environmental degradation in
global industries, leading many large retailers and brands to adopt standards for fairness …

In Plantation Life Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi examine the structure and governance
of Indonesia's contemporary oil palm plantations in Indonesia, which supply 50 percent of …

This paper considers aspects of spatial justice in the processes of land acquisition for large-
scale solar energy projects in the developmentalist context of India. It explores the case of …

Questions of who can access land and who is excluded from it underlie many recent social
and political conflicts in Southeast Asia. Powers of Exclusion examines the key processes …

Placing labor at the center of the global 'land-grab'debate helps sharpen critical insights at
two scales. At the scale of agricultural enterprises, a labor perspective highlights the jobs …