Tessa Toumbourou
Biographic Data
| ID | 107188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tessa Toumbourou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tessa |
| FAMILY NAME | Toumbourou |
| SIGNATURE | TOUMBOUROU T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0986-4262 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social forestry for a good life? The uneven well‐being benefits of Indonesia's social forestry scheme
The Indonesian government has scaled up its devolution of forest management to local communities in the form of social forestry, with the aim of improving forest management while delivering nature‐based well‐being (including livelihood) benefits for local communities. We investigate the varied well‐being impacts of social forestry management rights—an expression of human–nature relationships—and how these are distributed among different social gr…
Waiting to be called’: Rural youth, hope and future-making in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Amidst increasing livelihood precarity, many of Indonesia’s rural youth continue to hope for a better future. This article examines five life stories of young people living through insecure livelihood opportunities and uneven processes of agrarian change in the Maros Regency of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. While previous research describes the livelihood constraints facing rural youth in Indonesia, fewer studies centre hope in their analyses of how…
An intersectionally aware process for securing free, prior, and informed consent in community-based research
Free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) is a fundamental ethical principle in community-based research. It ensures participants are fully informed about a study’s purpose, risks, and benefits, and their involvement is voluntary and free from coercion. In participatory, community-based research, FPIC must be an ongoing process, reflecting an evolving research process and outcome. In rural Indonesia – and similar settings – effective FPIC processe…
Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in Indonesia
Coal mining is known for its contributions to climate change, but its impacts on the environment and human lives near mine sites are less widely recognised. This study integrates remote sensing, GIS, stakeholder interviews and extensive review of provincial data and documents to identify patterns of infringement, risk and impact driven by coal mining expansion across East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Specifically, we map and analyse patterns of mining …
The Omnibus Law on Job Creation and its potential implications for rural youth and future farming in Indonesia
Indonesian rural youth face challenges accessing farmland and sustaining an agricultural livelihood while their labour is not necessarily absorbed by other sectors. In that context, the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Law 11/2020) promises to liberalise trade and investment across multiple sectors, including agriculture and food security. Combining legal research and political economy approaches to youth and agrarian challenges, we identify amendmen…
Caves of Fortune? Gendered Labour Precarity and Securitisation Involving the 'Wild' Edible Birds' Nest Trade in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia
Harvesting edible birds' nests (EBN) produced by swiftlets from caves and purpose-built dwellings has generated a new high-value, non-timber forest product-based livelihood for rural smallholders across Indonesia. Drawing on extended fieldwork, we explore the gendered labour and livelihood outcomes for households transitioning from EBN cave harvesting to domestication in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Following calls from feminist political ecology,…
On the Demise of Makkalice: Conservation Enclosure and the loss of a wealth-redistributing Harvest System in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Who are the future farmers? Media representations of youth in agriculture, food security and ‘modern’ farming in Indonesia
In Indonesia, state and non‐state actors frame youth attrition from agriculture as a food security concern and propose policy solutions focused on ‘modern’ farming techniques. Using a critical framing analysis of five national Indonesian news media sources from 2010 to 2020, we examine how government, development and private sector actors portray youth in agriculture, and the underlying assumptions that inform related policy and development agend…
The persistence of precarity: Youth livelihood struggles and aspirations in the context of truncated agrarian change, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Processes of rapid and truncated agrarian change—driven through expanding urbanisation, infrastructure development, extractive industries, and commodity crops—are shaping the livelihood opportunities and aspirations of Indonesia’s rural youth. This study describes the everyday experiences of youth as they navigate the changing character of agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing livelihoods across gender, class, and generation. Drawing on qualitati…
Plantations enabling mines: Incremental industrial extraction, social differentiation and livelihood change in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Political ecologies of the post-mining landscape: Activism, resistance, and legal struggles over Kalimantan's coal mines
Sustaining livelihoods in a palm oil enclave: Differentiated gendered responses in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
With large tracts of forested land planned for, or already converted to, industrial palm oil concessions, there is a need to better understand the gendered implications for, and responses by, communities affected by such landscape change. This paper examines the differentiated gendered responses and livelihood strategies of Dayak Modang women and men in a hamlet in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, surrounded by industrial palm oil plantations. Informe…
Using a Delphi approach to identify the most efficacious interventions to improve Indonesia’s forest and land governance
Resource extraction and infrastructure threaten forest cover and community rights
Significance While infrastructure expansion has been broadly investigated as a driver of deforestation, the impacts of extractive industry and its interactions with infrastructure investment on forest cover are less well studied. These challenges are urgent given growing pressure for infrastructure investment and resource extraction. We use geospatial and qualitative data from Amazonia, Indonesia, and Mesoamerica to explain how infrastructure and…
Asia-Pacific: Lessons from the Clean Development Mechanism
Political ecologies of the post-mining landscape: Activism, resistance, and legal struggles over Kalimantan's coal mines
The persistence of precarity: Youth livelihood struggles and aspirations in the context of truncated agrarian change, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Processes of rapid and truncated agrarian change—driven through expanding urbanisation, infrastructure development, extractive industries, and commodity crops—are shaping the livelihood opportunities and aspirations of Indonesia’s rural youth. This study describes the everyday experiences of youth as they navigate the changing character of agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing livelihoods across gender, class, and generation. Drawing on qualitati…
Sustaining livelihoods in a palm oil enclave: Differentiated gendered responses in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
With large tracts of forested land planned for, or already converted to, industrial palm oil concessions, there is a need to better understand the gendered implications for, and responses by, communities affected by such landscape change. This paper examines the differentiated gendered responses and livelihood strategies of Dayak Modang women and men in a hamlet in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, surrounded by industrial palm oil plantations. Informe…
The Omnibus Law on Job Creation and its potential implications for rural youth and future farming in Indonesia
Indonesian rural youth face challenges accessing farmland and sustaining an agricultural livelihood while their labour is not necessarily absorbed by other sectors. In that context, the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Law 11/2020) promises to liberalise trade and investment across multiple sectors, including agriculture and food security. Combining legal research and political economy approaches to youth and agrarian challenges, we identify amendmen…
Who are the future farmers? Media representations of youth in agriculture, food security and ‘modern’ farming in Indonesia
In Indonesia, state and non‐state actors frame youth attrition from agriculture as a food security concern and propose policy solutions focused on ‘modern’ farming techniques. Using a critical framing analysis of five national Indonesian news media sources from 2010 to 2020, we examine how government, development and private sector actors portray youth in agriculture, and the underlying assumptions that inform related policy and development agend…
Plantations enabling mines: Incremental industrial extraction, social differentiation and livelihood change in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Caves of Fortune? Gendered Labour Precarity and Securitisation Involving the 'Wild' Edible Birds' Nest Trade in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia
Harvesting edible birds' nests (EBN) produced by swiftlets from caves and purpose-built dwellings has generated a new high-value, non-timber forest product-based livelihood for rural smallholders across Indonesia. Drawing on extended fieldwork, we explore the gendered labour and livelihood outcomes for households transitioning from EBN cave harvesting to domestication in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Following calls from feminist political ecology,…
Using a Delphi approach to identify the most efficacious interventions to improve Indonesia’s forest and land governance
Asia-Pacific: Lessons from the Clean Development Mechanism
Resource extraction and infrastructure threaten forest cover and community rights
Significance While infrastructure expansion has been broadly investigated as a driver of deforestation, the impacts of extractive industry and its interactions with infrastructure investment on forest cover are less well studied. These challenges are urgent given growing pressure for infrastructure investment and resource extraction. We use geospatial and qualitative data from Amazonia, Indonesia, and Mesoamerica to explain how infrastructure and…
Political ecologies of the post-mining landscape: Activism, resistance, and legal struggles over Kalimantan's coal mines
Sustaining livelihoods in a palm oil enclave: Differentiated gendered responses in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
With large tracts of forested land planned for, or already converted to, industrial palm oil concessions, there is a need to better understand the gendered implications for, and responses by, communities affected by such landscape change. This paper examines the differentiated gendered responses and livelihood strategies of Dayak Modang women and men in a hamlet in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, surrounded by industrial palm oil plantations. Informe…
Using a Delphi approach to identify the most efficacious interventions to improve Indonesia’s forest and land governance
Plantations enabling mines: Incremental industrial extraction, social differentiation and livelihood change in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
On the Demise of Makkalice: Conservation Enclosure and the loss of a wealth-redistributing Harvest System in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Who are the future farmers? Media representations of youth in agriculture, food security and ‘modern’ farming in Indonesia
In Indonesia, state and non‐state actors frame youth attrition from agriculture as a food security concern and propose policy solutions focused on ‘modern’ farming techniques. Using a critical framing analysis of five national Indonesian news media sources from 2010 to 2020, we examine how government, development and private sector actors portray youth in agriculture, and the underlying assumptions that inform related policy and development agend…
The persistence of precarity: Youth livelihood struggles and aspirations in the context of truncated agrarian change, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Processes of rapid and truncated agrarian change—driven through expanding urbanisation, infrastructure development, extractive industries, and commodity crops—are shaping the livelihood opportunities and aspirations of Indonesia’s rural youth. This study describes the everyday experiences of youth as they navigate the changing character of agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing livelihoods across gender, class, and generation. Drawing on qualitati…
Patterns of infringement, risk, and impact driven by coal mining permits in Indonesia
Coal mining is known for its contributions to climate change, but its impacts on the environment and human lives near mine sites are less widely recognised. This study integrates remote sensing, GIS, stakeholder interviews and extensive review of provincial data and documents to identify patterns of infringement, risk and impact driven by coal mining expansion across East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Specifically, we map and analyse patterns of mining …
The Omnibus Law on Job Creation and its potential implications for rural youth and future farming in Indonesia
Indonesian rural youth face challenges accessing farmland and sustaining an agricultural livelihood while their labour is not necessarily absorbed by other sectors. In that context, the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Law 11/2020) promises to liberalise trade and investment across multiple sectors, including agriculture and food security. Combining legal research and political economy approaches to youth and agrarian challenges, we identify amendmen…
Caves of Fortune? Gendered Labour Precarity and Securitisation Involving the 'Wild' Edible Birds' Nest Trade in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia
Harvesting edible birds' nests (EBN) produced by swiftlets from caves and purpose-built dwellings has generated a new high-value, non-timber forest product-based livelihood for rural smallholders across Indonesia. Drawing on extended fieldwork, we explore the gendered labour and livelihood outcomes for households transitioning from EBN cave harvesting to domestication in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Following calls from feminist political ecology,…
Social forestry for a good life? The uneven well‐being benefits of Indonesia's social forestry scheme
The Indonesian government has scaled up its devolution of forest management to local communities in the form of social forestry, with the aim of improving forest management while delivering nature‐based well‐being (including livelihood) benefits for local communities. We investigate the varied well‐being impacts of social forestry management rights—an expression of human–nature relationships—and how these are distributed among different social gr…
Waiting to be called’: Rural youth, hope and future-making in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Amidst increasing livelihood precarity, many of Indonesia’s rural youth continue to hope for a better future. This article examines five life stories of young people living through insecure livelihood opportunities and uneven processes of agrarian change in the Maros Regency of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. While previous research describes the livelihood constraints facing rural youth in Indonesia, fewer studies centre hope in their analyses of how…
An intersectionally aware process for securing free, prior, and informed consent in community-based research
Free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) is a fundamental ethical principle in community-based research. It ensures participants are fully informed about a study’s purpose, risks, and benefits, and their involvement is voluntary and free from coercion. In participatory, community-based research, FPIC must be an ongoing process, reflecting an evolving research process and outcome. In rural Indonesia – and similar settings – effective FPIC processe…
Geography (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (9 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works)