BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2021//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2021 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Prague X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Prague BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241222T035700 UID:euroseas-2021-the-contentious-politics-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia-1 SUMMARY:(P66AB) The Contentious Politics of Palm Oil Expansion in Southeast Asia (1) LOCATION:K10 | 1.25 DESCRIPTION:The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia is gen erating a large and growing number of conflicts between rural communities a nd palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. Communities are protest ing against both companies and governments, engaging in demonstrations, lob bying and litigation as well as road blockades, destruction of company’s pr operty and violence. So far, these conflicts have been mainly studied throu gh scattered\ncase studies, thereby precluding an understanding and compara tive analysis of general patterns. To address this challenge, this double p anel aims to bring together researchers working on the conflicts sparked by the expansion of agribusinesses across Southeast Asia. Some of the papers in this panel stem from a collaborative research project studying 150 such conflicts in Indonesia, while also including other papers to discuss not ju st the causes, character and outcomes of these conflicts, but also the role of the courts, the effectiveness of the RSPO, the contributions of NGO’s, informal mediation and the conflict strategies pursued by palm oil companie s. By bringing together papers on diverse aspects of the contentious politi cs sparked by oil palm expansion, this panel aims to spark discussions abou t the character of civil society in Southeast Asia and the obstacles it fac es in addressing the downsides of Southeast Asia’s economic developme nt. URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/the-contentious-politics-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210908T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210908T103000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241222T035700 UID:euroseas-2021-the-contentious-politics-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia-2 SUMMARY:(P66AB) The Contentious Politics of Palm Oil Expansion in Southeast Asia (2) LOCATION:K10 | 1.25 DESCRIPTION:The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia is gen erating a large and growing number of conflicts between rural communities a nd palm oil companies over, mainly, access to land. Communities are protest ing against both companies and governments, engaging in demonstrations, lob bying and litigation as well as road blockades, destruction of company’s pr operty and violence. So far, these conflicts have been mainly studied throu gh scattered\ncase studies, thereby precluding an understanding and compara tive analysis of general patterns. To address this challenge, this double p anel aims to bring together researchers working on the conflicts sparked by the expansion of agribusinesses across Southeast Asia. Some of the papers in this panel stem from a collaborative research project studying 150 such conflicts in Indonesia, while also including other papers to discuss not ju st the causes, character and outcomes of these conflicts, but also the role of the courts, the effectiveness of the RSPO, the contributions of NGO’s, informal mediation and the conflict strategies pursued by palm oil companie s. By bringing together papers on diverse aspects of the contentious politi cs sparked by oil palm expansion, this panel aims to spark discussions abou t the character of civil society in Southeast Asia and the obstacles it fac es in addressing the downsides of Southeast Asia’s economic developme nt. URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/the-contentious-politics-of-palm-oil-expansion-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210908T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210908T123000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR