Assessing participatory photography as a method to understand local perspectives on environment and development in northern Lao PDR

Belcher, B.; Roberts, Michelle

doi:10.1080/14728028.2012.730255

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“…However, just because upland farmers in Laos can survive in their current situations does not imply they do not want other things. Upland farmers do want to improve their farming systems and they do want more modern amenities such as tarmac roads, bridges, electricity, clinics, and better public transportation (Belcher and Roberts 2012;Roberts 2011). Even rural, minority farmers in upland Laos are part of the cash economy and they desire TVs, blankets, dishes, mosquito nets, turbines, and radios that only the market provides.…”

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Understanding Farmer Decision Making in Northern Lao PDR

Roberts¹

2015

Culture Agric Food & Envi

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Everyday farmers in upland Laos negotiate and strategize a sea of constraints to try to feed their families. Through the use of ranking, participant observation, and semi‐structured interviews, this article examines farmer decision‐making environments in Northern Lao PDR where the political ecology of the country greatly undermines development efforts on every level. Government agendas limit farmer access to land while development projects and corruption exploit upland resources. Laos' historically embedded system of patronage and socio‐ethnic hierarchy benefit the rich at the expense of the rural, ethnic minority poor. Work culture, ethnic background, gender, and stakeholder interests influence crop preferences and farming patterns. Farmers consider geography, physical environment, lack of infrastructure, and market access. Though a state‐sanctioned agricultural transition from subsistence to cash crop farming is under way, the state's commitment to this development scheme is in question.

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Understanding Farmer Decision Making in Northern Lao PDR

Roberts¹

2015

Culture Agric Food & Envi

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“…Jacobs and Harley, 2008;Mitchell et al, 2005;Umurungi et al, 2008;Wood, 2012;Fournier et al, 2014;Adegoke and Steyn, 2017), environmental issues (e.g. Belcher and Roberts, 2012;Bennett and Dearden, 2013), conservation (e.g. Beh et al, 2013), water use and governance (e.g.…”

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Creative practice as a tool to build resilience to natural hazards in the Global South

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Abstract. Global South communities are increasingly exposed and vulnerable to natural hazards such as floods and droughts. Preparing for future hazards requires developing an idea of an uncertain future, thinking out of the box for possible solutions, enhancing communication between diverse groups, and instigating organisational and behavioural change. In this study, we explore whether art and creativity could support this process by presenting the results of a literature-mapping exercise and a case study. Our search for journal articles, focusing on Global South communities and topics like environmental issues, hazards, and health, yielded 267 papers published between 2000 and 2018. These used a diversity of art forms, including photography and other forms of visual art, music and song, and drama and storytelling. We found that papers on the topic of climate change generally had lower co-creation (62 % medium to high) than those on health (90 % medium to high). A subset of seven papers focusing on drought and flooding fell into the following two categories: those aiming to raise the general public's awareness of these hazards and those aiming to instigate adaptation action by the participants. In our case study, we explored the middle ground between these categories. In a pilot project in South Africa, we designed storytelling workshops in which community members explored scientific data on future droughts, exchanged ideas between groups, and developed narratives about the impacts of and preparedness for future drought. These narratives were filmed and edited and shared both with the community and with governance actors. We found that this approach allowed participants to imagine future droughts, opened up conversations about potential adaptation measures, encouraged intergenerational exchange, and increased awareness of local issues for policy makers. Both in the wider literature and in our case study, the long-term effects of creative interventions are rarely evaluated. Feedback from participants, however, indicates a number of short-term benefits, which shows the potential of combining creative practice approaches and more conventional approaches into a more holistic preparation for future natural hazards.

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“…The SLF conceives of subjects'-who may be individuals, households, or communities-livelihoods as a dynamic combination of five categories of assets, viz., natural, financial, human, physical, and social [59]. Because the SLF has been widely used in rural development studies in very heterogenous contexts, researchers have developed various context-specific indicators to assess each of these asset categories [60,61]. Following Mahanty et al [62] approach to investigating the livelihood impacts of PES schemes, I chose to synthesise this complexity of context-specific livelihood indicators into the response to a single overarching question for each livelihood asset ( Table 3).…”

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Livelihood Impacts of Plantation Forests on Farmers in the Greater Mekong Subregion: A Systematic Review of Plantation Forest Models

Simo¹

2020

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Background and Objectives: Plantation forests remain a highly contested element of rural development. Successive reviews of large-scale plantations established under land concessions identify predominantly negative impacts on local farmers’ livelihoods. Although concession models of plantation development have been common in the global South, other models characterised by different forms of land tenure, labour arrangements, and plantation design have also emerged. The impacts of these models on the livelihoods of local farmers are likely to be more varied. This paper presents the results of a systematic review on the impacts of different models of plantation forests on the livelihoods of local farmers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Materials and Methods: Seventy-two of more than 1000 publications were identified as meeting review criteria and were assessed systematically to identify how plantation forests impacted on the natural, financial, human, physical, and social assets of proximate rural communities. Plantation models included: state forest plantations; land and land-sharing concessions; land purchase programs; and “enrolled”, contracted, and independent smallholders. Results: The results confirm those of earlier studies that land concessions delivered lasting livelihoods benefits only to few communities. A small number of positive examples among these cases demonstrate, however, that these plantation models are not necessarily detrimental to local livelihoods. Other plantation forest models, based on contract farming, land purchase, and independent smallholders have generally brought economic benefits to local people, although differentially. Research Highlights and Conclusions: Overall, this review suggests that plantation forests are not inherently positive or negative for local livelihoods, and all plantation models have the potential to contribute positively to local livelihoods. Future research on this topic needs to adopt more holistic livelihoods perspectives.

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Assessing participatory photography as a method to understand local perspectives on environment and development in northern Lao PDR

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Understanding Farmer Decision Making in Northern Lao PDR

Understanding Farmer Decision Making in Northern Lao PDR

Creative practice as a tool to build resilience to natural hazards in the Global South

Livelihood Impacts of Plantation Forests on Farmers in the Greater Mekong Subregion: A Systematic Review of Plantation Forest Models

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