Swidden Cultivation and the Agrarian Transition on the Forest Frontiers of Southeast Asia

随着越来越多的农民适应诸如社会冲突、物质贫困和环境恶化等土地变化的不平衡影响，农村可持续性面临的挑战也在增加。然而，在不同的政治经济背景下，农民如何迅速地参与到土地变化的原因和后果中，人们知之甚少。这项研究将对老挝、菲律宾和马来西亚边境的农民如何迅速调整生计和社会关系以应对土地变化进行多尺度（地方-区域）比较评估。它将为澳大利亚的捐助者、国际学术网络和资源实践者提供关于土地变化如何影响广大农民和当地景观的新见解。

Challenges to rural sustainability increase as swidden farmers adjust to the uneven impacts of agrarian change such as social conflict, material poverty and environmental decline. However, little is known about how swidden farmers engage with the causes and consequences of agrarian change in different political economic contexts. This research will generate a multi-scale comparative assessment (local-regional) of how swidden farmers adjust livelihoods and social relations in response to agrarian change in Laos, Philippine and Malaysian frontiers. It will offer new insights to Australian donors, international academic networks and resource practitioners on how agrarian change affects swidden farmers and local landscapes.