Mapping the Political Ecology of the Edible Birds’ Nests Trade in Indonesia

本研究探讨了东南亚迅速兴起的可食用鸟巢（EBN）贸易对农村生计和生态的起源和影响。作为一种高价值的中国美食，EBN贸易在印尼农村及其他地区激增。与世界自然基金会和Tropenbos合作，我们的开创性研究调查了农村生产者如何在受威胁的印度尼西亚婆罗洲心脏地带以及雅加达、新加坡和香港的主要城市贸易中心，协商EBN商品链对社会、经济和环境的不平衡影响。该项目为亚洲农村和城市地区的贸易可持续性提供了新的见解，并为该地区的减贫和环境管理政策提供了信息。

This study examines the origins and impacts of the rapidly emerging edible birds’ nests (EBN) trade for rural livelihoods and ecologies in Southeast Asia. A high-value Chinese delicacy, the EBN trade has surged across rural Indonesia and beyond. In partnership with the WWF and Tropenbos, our pioneering study investigates how rural producers negotiate the uneven social, economic and environmental influences of the EBN commodity chain in the threatened Heart of Borneo, Indonesia, and the major urban trading centres of Jakarta, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The project offers novel insights into the trade’s sustainability across rural and urban regions of Asia and informs policy for poverty reduction and environmental management in the region.