{"id":7252,"date":"2026-02-13T11:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=7252"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:44:11","slug":"environmental-research-across-asia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perc.ac.nz\/wordpress\/environmental-research-across-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Research across Asia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Environmental Research across Asia <\/b><\/span><\/h2>

Politics, Justice and Accountability<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, 14 April 2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Organised by Associate Professor Alice Beban and Dr. Nayantara Sheoran Appleton<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Environmental issues across Asia are shaped by rapid ecological, social, and political change. From climate-driven displacement and river basin governance to urban pollution and struggles over land and livelihoods, research on the environment is deeply entangled with histories of colonialism, capitalism, and resistance<\/p>\n

This one-day symposium brought together scholars researching environmental issues in Asia to share research and build connections across disciplines and institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. The symposium was discussion-focused and generative, anchored by keynote contributions from scholars whose long-term, engaged research on the Mekong River and ancestral wetlands in Aotearoa New Zealand foregrounds environmental justice and creative knowledge-making.<\/p>\n

In addition to sharing empirical research, the symposium created a space to reflect on what it means to conduct Asia-focused environmental research while based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Participants considered questions of relationality and accountability, including how Te Tiriti o Waitangi might guide research practices for scholars researching Asia from Aotearoa New Zealand. We had the privilege of visiting Ngati T\u016bkorehe in \u014chau (Horowhenua) to share kai and to learn about <\/span>long-term efforts to restore the whenua (land) and wai (water).<\/span><\/p>\n

View the full programme here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Keynote contributors<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Assistant Professor Apisom Intralawan <\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

is an interdisciplinary researcher at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Thailand. His work focuses on environmental governance and ecological economics in the Lower Mekong, grounded in long-term collaboration with rural communities affected by environmental change.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Associate Professor<\/strong> Amanda Flaim <\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

is based at Michigan State University, where her work centres on statelessness, citizenship, and environmental justice. She works collaboratively with artists, scholars, students, and community partners along the Mekong River to make environmental injustice visible to wider publics.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Professor Huhana Smith <\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
(Ng\u0101ti Tukorehe, Raukawa ki te Tonga) is a visual artist, curator, and interdisciplinary researcher, and Head of Whiti o Rehua School of Art at Massey University. Her work engages in major environmental projects about freshwater health and climate change that beset ancestral lands in Kuku Horowhenua, within Aotearoa New Zealand, and into the world. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Postgraduate contributors<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bunny Yorth<\/b> — Massey University<\/span>
<\/span> Sustaining an Indigenous environmental movement in a contested forest: A case study of the Prey Lang Community Network in Cambodia<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Lwin Swe<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> Myanmar rebels’ climate initiative – a hopeful space amidst challenges<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Amata Jantarangsee<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> Managing the floodplain complex: Citizen strategies for living in the military-led housing<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Dipayan Dutta<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> Living Unequal Ecologies: Risk, Accountability and Participation in the Aravalli<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Luthfi Eddyono<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> Advancing Environmental Democracy: Implications of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Ruling No. 119\/PUU-XXIII\/2025<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Hilary Reinhart<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> Diversity as Resources: The Geological Heritage Regime and Tourism Development in Gunungsewu UNESCO Global Geopark, Indonesia<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Jyoti Sedhain<\/b> — Lincoln University<\/span>
<\/span> Revisiting Nepal’s Community Forestry for Building Social-Ecological Resilience: A Case Study of Chitwan District<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Jean Camarin<\/b> — Lincoln University<\/span>
<\/span> From regenerative principles to regenerative practices: A framework for embedding regenerative tourism in community-based settings<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Hediyeh Mirbabayi<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> Interplay of Climate Change and Water Management Practices in Isfahan, Iran<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>

Aruna Karki<\/b> — University of Auckland<\/span>
<\/span> Rethinking Environmental Knowledge in Asia: Climate Displacement, Sovereignty, and Relational Agency in Amitav Ghosh<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Chun Cheng<\/b> — Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington<\/span>
<\/span> The Wisdom of Water: A Study of River Imagery and Philosophy of Life in Shen Congwen’s Literature<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Hang Thai<\/b> — University of Auckland<\/span>
<\/span> Everyday Food and Environmental Politics: Rethinking N\u01b0\u1edbc M\u1eafm<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Yueke Li<\/b> — University of Otago<\/span>
<\/span> Beyond “Environmental Action”: Everyday Negotiations and Emergent Ecologies in Southwest China’s Food Forests<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Dini Mariska<\/b> — University of Auckland<\/span>
<\/span> From Tsunami 2004 to Floods 2025: Young Adults Resilience in Post Disaster Tourism Development in Aceh, Indonesia<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Yi Li<\/b> — University of Otago<\/span>
<\/span> Migrants’ eco-creative practices and climate adaptation on islands<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Nurussaadah Mokhtar<\/b> — University of Otago<\/span>
<\/span> Food, Land and Supermarket Dominance in Greater Kuala Lumpur<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Nachapol Kalpravidh<\/b> — Lincoln University<\/span>
<\/span> Determinants and Impacts of Good Farming Management Adoption in Indigenous Chicken Farming: Evidence from Thailand<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Prabodha Rathnayaka<\/b> — Lincoln University<\/span>
<\/span> Climate Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Multidimensional Well-Being: Evidence from Tea Smallholders in Sri Lanka<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Uma Ritsri<\/b> — Lincoln University<\/span>
<\/span> Beyond Compliance: The Extent and Evolution of GHG Disclosure among Thailand-Listed Companies<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Malathi Hansa Rambodageadara<\/b> — Massey University
Living with Climate Uncertainties in a Changing Socio-Ecological System: Water-Dependent Agrarian Communities in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Supported by the Marsden Fund Council from Government funding, managed by Royal Society Te Ap\u0101rangi. <\/span><\/p>\n

Co-sponsored by the Political Ecology Research Centre (Massey University) and the Sociology and Social Policy Programme, Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\"Image\"<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Environmental Research across Asia Politics, Justice and Accountability Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, 14 April 2026 Organised by Associate Professor Alice Beban and Dr. Nayantara Sheoran Appleton Environmental issues across Asia are shaped by rapid ecological, social, and political change. From climate-driven displacement and river basin governance to urban pollution and struggles over land and livelihoods, research … <\/p>\n

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